The Toll Drugs Took On The Black Community

"By the mid 60s, things had changed dramatically. Drugs were being used everywhere. I can recall that not very long after Black awareness came about in the community, and Black pride and Black power was spoken about freely and openly, illegal drugs seemed to flood the neighborhoods.

The influx of drugs seemed to coincide with the civil rights movement. Black people were coming aware in one area while being rendered unaware in another. Something was truly happening here; something very sinister and insidious." -From, "Urban Suicide" By: Melvin B. Blackman