The Washington Post, November 12th, 1988
The unfortunate decision by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy to stage a "counterevent" to the ceremony marking the transfer of ownership of Kenilworth-Parkside, the government-owned public housing project, to Kimi Gray and the other residents was a classic example of putting partisan politics before the interests of the poor. As president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, a nonprofit organization that promotes self-sufficiency for poor people, I know that the low-income residents of Kenilworth struggled hard-they risked their lives-to make Kenilworth a saf...
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