Katrina devastation highlights poverty of U.S. blacks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Black leaders on Friday condemned the slow response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and said poor and mostly black storm victims in New Orleans were bearing the brunt of the suffering.
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