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Michelle Obama Salutes Whitney M. Young at Documentary Screening

"The Powerbroker" follows Young's fight for civil rights.
08/28/2013
New York, New York - Black unemployment in New York State, where African-Americans comprise 15.9 percent of the population, is 14.5 percent. In New York City, where they comprise 26.6 percent of the population, their unemployment rate is 14.1 percent, compared to 9.3 percent for whites.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Report Points to Little Gains for Blacks Since March on Washington

Many Blacks still live in poverty, go to segregated schools.
06/18/2013

This Day in Black History: March 30, 1962

Edward Dwight Jr. became first Black astronaut trainee.
03/30/2013

This Day in Black History: July 31, 1921

Civil rights activist Whitney M. Young Jr. was born.
07/31/2012