In the 1970s, Star Parker was a delinquent teenager, mixed up with crime and drugs. Life on county aid was far from impoverished - she was able to lounge in her own Jacuzzi, party at Venice Beach, bring in extra income with under-the-table jobs, and take the system for all it was worth. It was the power of her Christianity that turned her life around. But it was Star's no-excuses attitude of self-empowerment that firmly positioned her on the fast track of conservative politics, speaking out against welfare as the No. 1 cause of urban America's moral and economic decline.
Discuss the featured episode of Tony Brown's Journal along with other members of the Black History Vault program and your Study Group Hostess Deborah Wilson de Briano.
In this Black History Vault member-only conference call, gain powerful insights from the lessons learned by others who studied the particular episode. Can't made the call? No problem. The recording of the call will be made available in the MY VIDEOS section of the Black History Vault Program.
