Over the past 3 decades, for the 1st time in American history, the middle to upper class of Afro-Americans has seen steady growth. For those black Americans living at the lowest end of the economic spectrum, the numbers are shrinking. The civil rights movement of the 1960's, affirmative action, and a booming economy throughout most of the 1990's, has helped to allieviate some of the financial strain, and created more educational and employment opportunities than ever before. In turn, college educated, home owning middle-class black Americans are returning to neighborhoods once riddled with crime...