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And once again, the unemployment rate of black youth was an astronomical 41.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to a still very high 22.3 percent for white youth.
For the first time in almost 50 years, Black workers' labor force participation rate has exceeded that of white workers. Here's what it could mean.
Unemployment among Black Americans last month reached its highest level in more than three years, in stark contrast to the broader labor market’s stunning resilience.
(ThyBlackMan.com) May we take a moment to mourn the transition of the Honorable Alexis Margaret Herman (1946-2025), the first African American woman who served our nation as Secretary of Labor.
Black males who were at least 20 years old saw an unemployment rate of 5.3% in January, up from 4.6% in December. By comparison, white men saw a jobless rate of just 3.3% in January, holding ...