"I Heard That" -- Black Exodus from San FranciscoRochelle Metcalfebyline‚ Jan. 02‚ 20082008 promises to be hot in the City! The exodus of Blacks has become a major issue; so much so that Reverend Amos Brown, Senior Pastor Third Baptist Church, and President San Francisco NAACP called an emergency meeting on Sunday December 23, at the church to address the critical subject! Earlier last year, Mayor Gavin Newsom issued a press release that stated his concerns over the declining African American population in the City, appointed the African American Out-Migration Task Force and Advisory Committee, which after several months of study, filed recommendations for the retention and attraction of African Americans in San Francisco. |