Bring That Week Back: Oct. 12

Unemployment spreads, Steve Jobs dies and more top stories.

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/content/dam/betcom/images/2011/09/National-09.16-09.30/092211-news-national-uncf-minorities-graduating-college.jpgCivil Rights Icon Dies - Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights icon and co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died Wednesday, Oct. 5. He was 82.(Photo: REUTERS/Tami Chappell)

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Unemployment Spreading - According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute on Tuesday, Oct. 4, southern sunbelt states where African-Americans sought economic refuge in the past are no longer beacons of opportunity. By 2010, southern bastions such as Charlotte, Miami and Tampa  all posted unemployment rates not only above the national Black jobless rate, but also some of the highest rates overall.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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