The Detroit Public Schools will receive $6,000,000 to squander in the next three years from the …
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Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 54, May 16-31, 1968
“Some people believe that all Negroes carry switchblade knives. Well, it’s not true.”
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
One nice thing about public feuds between politicians is that it gives everybody a rare chance …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967
Well, the Detroit Teachers’ strike is over—and guess who got the royal screwing? About 175,000 black …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
If the once highly-touted, but now quite tarnished “War Against Poverty” has done nothing else, it …
Plafkin Backlashes Ravitz
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
It was a muggy, uncomfortable night at the 17th District Democratic Headquarters in the all-white Redford …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
One of the biggest problems of “rebuilding Detroit” after the July 23 rebellion will be the …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
It couldn’t happen in Detroit! That was the proud proclamation of our city’s leaders all summer …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
If there’s anything more disgusting than a person who has no guts, its a person who …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967
The ridiculous bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to penalize flag-burners passed by a whopping …