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Al Green: “I still am concerned about the historic position that it continually occupies in that of being twice that of White…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2018
I still am concerned about the historic position that it continually occupies in that of being twice that of White unemployment.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Green expresses concern over the disparity in unemployment rates between African-Americans and Whites.

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