by Muhammad al-Kareem If businesses are going to survive along
the Third Street corridor and other Black business districts,
major policy changes must be made by the government to fit the
situation and climate in this community and other communities
across America. The people must be enabled to go into business
or expand their businesses so as to employ our youth and
unemployed. Truly opening up economic opportunity could resolve
previous injustices – with justice. In the 1960s, many Black
families had difficulty securing bank loans. Banks were openly
discriminating against Black business men and women. But in
spite of the all the odds stacked against them, Black business
owners persevered and some became successful. It wasn’t long ago
that Blacks who could afford to purchase a house in San
Francisco had to get a White person to front as the buyer. In
the 1960s, the former San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays was
denied the right to purchase a house where he chose to live
because of his skin color, even tho