today in black history

April 14, 2021

Elston Howard becomes the first Black player on the New York Yankees baseball team on this date in 1955.

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NorthStarNews Bulletin

POSTED: March 06, 2009, 12:00 am

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released February’s jobless numbers; 651,000 jobs were lost last month and the nation’s unemployment rate hit 8.1 percent. Black unemployment now stands at 13.4 percent and Black teenage unemployment is at 38.8 percent. Follow NorthStarNews.com for complete details later this morning.

Related References

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- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
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organizations
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  P. O. Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056-3067
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
- African Development Institute Inc.
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documents
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- Alternatives to Incarceration
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- Members of Congress
  A dierctory of Members of the U.S.House of Representatives in the 110th Congress
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- Memo on Poverty, 1964
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