The problem can be stated relatively simply: Over the past 25 years, San Francisco, California has lost more than half of its Black population.
The number of African Americans living in one of the nation's most expensive cities has fallen from more than 100,000 in 1980 to around 50,000 today. The question confronting Black leaders and city official is what can be done to reverse the trend?
One of the city's most influential pastors, Rev. Amos Brown, thinks he knows the answer: a Marshal Plan to aid the city's remaining Blacks and lure more African Americans as residents.
The "Marshal Plan" idea refers to the massive economic effort launched by the United States in the 1940s and 1950s to help Europe recover from the devastating effects of World War II.
Brown says the issue is simple and direct: "If San Francisco is serious about making amends for what's been done against Black people, they need to put their money where their mouth is." Brown is a leading member of the African American Out-Migration Task Force - a group set up by Mayor Gavin Newsom to study the problem of the massive lost of Black population. Nevertheless, there remains serious doubt as to whether the city will finance the type of economic program needed to stem the lost of Blacks.
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