today in black history

May 08, 2024

Heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston, who rose from poverty in Arkansas, was born on this date in 1932.

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VIDEO: Taking Care of Business With Jill Johnson:14

Marjorie Perry

POSTED: June 25, 2009, 1:41 pm

Jill sits down with Marjorie Perry, President/CEO of MZM Construction and Management Inc.

Related References

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
organizations
documents
- Economic Empowerment Fact Sheet, 2007
  Nation's oldest civil rights organization looks at economic empowerment issues in the Black community in 2007
- 2007 Annual Jobs Report
- Memo on Poverty, 1964
  A presidential memo from 1964 that looks at the issue of poverty at the height of the War on Poverty
- 2006 Annual Jobs Report
- Declining Employment Among Young Black Men
  A look at the challenges facing young Black men in the labor market

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