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    Unemployment and African Americans

    National unemployment is at nine percent, but among black Americans it's much higher. For blacks in California, it's 19.3 percent. The Congressional Black Caucus has been talking about job creation and the economy at job fairs and town halls in five cities around the country.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    National unemployment is at nine percent, but among black Americans it's much higher. For blacks in California, it's 19.3 percent. The Congressional Black Caucus has been talking about job creation and the economy at job fairs and town halls in five cities around the country. LA Democrat Karen Bass is hosting the CBC event in Los Angeles tonight and tomorrow.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Karen Bass

      mayor of Los Angeles

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    Unemployment and African Americans
    1. 0:00LA County Readies for Prison Inmates
    2. 13:56Unemployment and African AmericansYou’re reading this
    3. 26:42FEMA, Disaster Relief and the Politics of Global Warming
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