On the recordApril 23, 2013
While the overall unemployment rate has dropped to 7.6 percent as of March, the same is not true for the African American unemployment rate which hovers at 13.5 percent.
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congress.govElijah Cummings: “While the overall unemployment rate has dropped to 7.6 percent as of March, the same is not true for the African…”
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Cummings highlights the disparity in unemployment rates between African Americans and the overall population.
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