Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 11 MARCH 13, 1989

Vol. 133 No. 11 MARCH 13, 1989

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COVER: Millions of black Americans have made it into the middle class but are paying a price for success

Though their incomes, education and life-styles rival those of their white counterparts, middle-class blacks remain in some ways second-class citizens. Even with the passage of civil rights laws, a color barrier still exists where blacks live and work. Nor has their own affluence resolved ambiguous feelings about the plight of the underclass. -- For black managers the toughest challenge is learning to be the boss. See LIVING.

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NATION: Tower assails his accusers' ethics, stirring a new debate about an old...

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