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Dr. Robert C. Weaver is named Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1966, the first Black to hold Cabinet rank.

From The Bottom Up: Segment 6

POSTED: February 11, 2009, 9:16 am

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Dilettante J. Bass and Shareef Nash – Two young brothers making change.

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