D Magazine June 1981

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IN REVIEW: Why Dallas’ business climate is the model for the nation.
By Richard C. Wilson
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Ordinary People
FORGET STEREOTYPES. Marketing directors, lawyers, clerks, and accountants are all members of Dallas’ black community. The one thing they have in common is their struggle to make it in a white man’s world.
By GALE HORTON CHERY
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PERSONAL FINANCE LEAVING IT BEHIND
Where there’s a will, there are several ways.
By John Sansing
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The Forgotten City
YOU’RE THREE MILES southeast of Reunion Tower. You might as well be in another country. Welcome to the world of frustration, fear, and elusive fulfillment that 300,000 black Dallasites call home.
By D Magazine
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The Struggle for Power
THERE MAY NEVER be enough black votes to control city politics, but the new, aggressive breed of black leaders like Elsie Faye Heggins has found they can shake city hall by its foundations.
By Steve Kenny
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Wet & Wild
Bathing suits used to be mostly functional. Now they’re mostly fun.
By Amy Cunningham