The Human Stain

[Denver, May 31. Image via Getty]

DENVER – MAY 31: A woman walks past stained glass windows depicting historical African American women leaders after a Sunday church service on May 31, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Almost $30,000 was given to needy members of the Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal Church from congregation donations. The awards capped off a week of church activities called ‘An Economic Empowerment Experience’ designed to aid the local black community, which has been hard hit by the recession. Many African Americans, as well as other minorities, fell prey to predatory mortgage lenders, which in large part led to the national U.S. foreclosure crisis. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)