You know, one of the things that is a little bit disturbing about these charts is that when we look at completed applications, Class of 2009 for African Americans there were 55, Class of 2010 there were 52, Class of 2011 there were 39, Class of 2012 there were 37; and then we have the lowest number for African American completed applications, 35, for the Class of 2013.
Cummings highlights a decline in completed applications from African Americans to the Coast Guard Academy.
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