tectural designer after completing his military obligation. He returned to civilian life three years later with a different interest — economics and community economic development — that was rooted in his youth.
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rowing up in Jacksonville, Fla., during the 1950s and 1960s was an interesting and sometimes bizarre experience, he says. Like everywhere else in the South, Jacksonville was comprised of two legally separated societies, one black and one white. Every social and public institution operated within a complex legal framework that mandated separate accommodations based on race. "As a black kid growing up there,
Boston uses grant money to hire research assistants who have an interest in pursuing a doctorate in economics or a career as an economist.
Boston (center) works on an economic report on the city of Atlanta with (left to right) Loubna Bouarnane, Joseph Christiani, Donnie Reamer, Linje Boston and ~)eona DeClue.
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