The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released unemployment figures for March. The nation lost 663,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate now stands at 8.5 percent. Since the beginning of the recession in 2007, 5.1 million jobs have been lost. Black unemployment is now 13.3 percent. Follow NorthStarNews.com for continuing coverage.
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Mrs. Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was murdered in 1974 while at the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Black Unemployment Hits 13.3%
POSTED: April 03, 2009, 8:53 am
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