Blacks hit hard by economy's punch

washingtonpost.com — These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother's one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap operas hour after hour, trying to stay out of the streets and out of trouble, held captive by the economy. As a young black man, Spriggs bel... Nov 24, 2009 View in Crawl 4