2016 State of Black America

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New Report: Despite progress, deep inequality plagues Black America

Britta Lee, Regional Content Editor - May 26, 2016

In 1976, then-President Gerald Ford delivered the annual “State of the Union Address,” virtually ignoring the plight of African-Americans and Latinos. That drove Vernon Jordan,…

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