If we lose the White House, maybe we should try the city council in Athens, Greece.If we lose the White House, maybe we should try the city council in Athens Athens, city, Greece Athens (ăth`ĭnz), Gr. Athínai, city (1991 pop. 2,907,179; 1991 urban agglomeration pop. 3,072,922), capital of Greece, E central Greece, on the plain of Attica, between the Kifisós and , Greece Greece, Gr. Hellas or Ellas, republic (2005 est. pop. 10,668,000), 50,944 sq mi (131,945 sq km), SE Europe. It occupies the southernmost part of the Balkan Peninsula and borders on the Ionian Sea in the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the south, on . Two years ago, Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. alumna and Brooklyn native, Yvette Jarvis Yvette Jarvis, a 1979 magna cum laude graduate of Boston University, is the first African-American elected to public office in Greece in October 2002. As an elected city councilwoman in Athens, Jarvis is a former professional athlete, model and actress. , became the first black American on the Athens City Council. A former pro basketball player in Greece, Jarvis told a reporter that she was welcomed there: The Greek people "had seen Roots. They were angry about white America treating blacks like that." (Good to know someone got the point.) Got a rant or a rave? Email it to us at colorlines@colorlines.com. |
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