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Archive Home > 2011 > November > 17 > Despite hard times, black support holds

Despite hard times, black support holds

By Helene Cooper / The Bulletin
November 17, 2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Abdul Malik seems the prototype of a disenchanted Barack Obama voter.

Malik, 48, lost his job as a landscape worker a year and a half ago, another victim of the housing bust. Since then, he has been searching for something, anything, to help make ends meet.

Yet, Malik, who is....

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