Alphonso Jackson
Alphonso Jackson
Alphonso R. Jacksonserved as the 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 28, 2004 and confirmed by the Senate on March 31, 2004. Jackson announced his resignation on March 31, 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth9 September 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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The so-called black leaders of this nation have convinced a large portion of the black community that blacks aren't capable of self-advancement.
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New Orleans is not going to be as black as it was for a long time, if ever again.
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Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.
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They tout the belief that if blacks want to succeed in this country, there is only one path: reliance on the government.
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Yet critics on the left find it incomprehensible that any black American could succeed on his or her own through hard work and determination.
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And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country.
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I mean, I look back now and I realize that at the time Great Society was put in place, you had a different vision.
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The administration is committed to help every city, county and state
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it would be a mistake to rebuild the Ninth Ward.
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Of the families I talked to, 90% of the families have no desire to go back, ... But that's not what I'm hearing from Texas. It's a whole different perspective.
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The National Fair Housing Training Academy will be a major component in fully enforcing the letter and the spirit of the Fair Housing Act and further ensuring that fair housing is central to the American way of life,
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So I've had a very vast career. And one of the things I think is so phenomenal about my career is I've had a lot of experiences.
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So it's a very, very unique job, but at the same time, it's very, very rewarding.
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So I had to learn, in the final analysis, that the Congress had a lot of say so into what we do in running HUD on a day-to-day basis.