For some perspective about the economic status of africanamericans, according to the urban leagues 2017 report on the state of black america, in the philadelphiacamden wilmington region, the africanamerican Unemployment Rate is 12 , while the white Unemployment Rate is 5. 3 . We begin this morning with nbc10s erin coleman who sat down with the president of the National Urban league, marc morial. He calls the black Community Strong and resilient, but admits there are still challenges ahead. Marc morial one challenge is were in this new environment, were in the trump environment. And rollbacks and cutbacks and efforts to repeal are, if you will, diminish value and the effectiveness of civil rights laws and civil rights principles is in play now. I think secondarily, we are in a time when, although black unemployment has come down, the economy is doing better, even black people who were not working 6 years ago, 7 years ago and now working, poverty, the challenges of peoples paychecks not
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By all accounts, Orville Johnson was building a better life for his son in America. The family hailed from Jamaica, arriving here about two years ago. Johnson built up his HVAC business. And he specifically chose the Central Dauphin School District for 16-year-old Justin because it was ‘the best,” a
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