Black churches and Black economic development: from housing to business enterprises. Black churches are bringing the gospel of economic development to inner city communities. IN THE HEART OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. historical district in Atlanta lies Auburn Avenue, home of the civil rights struggle, a rich black business legacy and Sunday morning sermons at some of the largest African American congregations south of the Mason Dixon line. A quarter-block stretch of the avenue is lined on both sides by Wheat Street Plaza North and South and its two strip malls that house 10 small business

A report by the Heartland Alliance confirms what much of black America already knows: Black America is in serious trouble economically, and many black people are living in "deep poverty." Black people in America are not just poor by American standards; many of us are "third-world" poor.

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, abbreviated ARRA (Pub.L. 111-5), is an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009. The Act followed other economic recovery legislation passed in the final year of the Bush presidency including the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which created the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).