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Publication: Women's Quarterly
Publication Date: 22-MAR-03 		Format: Online - approximately 816 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Better Red Than Dead

Charlotte Hays

IN THE MID 1970s, when a sniper climbed onto the roof of the Howard Johnson's in downtown New Orleans and began firing at people, I was on his side. As a reporter for an "alternative" weekly, I immediately interviewed the most radical black leaders I knew to produce a piece headlined "Nine Black Voices Speak Out."

I am a former liberal who got mugged. This makes me a walking cliche. The mugging happened one night, when I'd worked at the office well past midnight. Unable to get a taxi, I decided to walk home, through the wino district, which I figured would be safe, and a stretch of New Orleans' central business district, which wouldn't...

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