Why affirmative action fight still divides us
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 7, 2024
Money was tight the day Brian Weber was born in his family’s living room, nine months after his dad returned from World War II.
He would be the fourth brother of five. His father worked at the sugar mill, one of the many plants lining the Mississippi River above New Orleans, before he finally scraped together enough to start a small grocery store.
Weber turned down a scholarship to Louisiana State University to marry his high school sweetheart. The Monday after he turned 18, he went to work . . .
