Tag: Gene Mustain

  • Living ‘Black’ in the United States of America

    And living to tell the tales. Traffic was heavy on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights on my way home to Ridgewood, NJ, after work on Wednesday, which wasn’t exactly news. But, as I approached a stretch where Route 46 and Interstate 80 go over Route 17, traffic eased and I saw the reason why. Rubbernecking…

  • BREAKING THE CHAINS

    By GENE MUSTAIN and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writers | Sunday, April 3, 1994 JOHANNESBURG—Against a backdrop of hope and fear, a nation’s epic march toward democracy has entered a bloody home stretch. The people of South Africa—including, for the first time, the majority black population—will go to the polls later this month…