Black unemployment dropped to 6.8 percent in December 2017, a rate not seen since the 1970s, according to Friday statistics from the Department of Labor.
The 6.8 percent unemployment rate for black or African Americans has not been seen since 1972 when the Bureau of Labor Statistics first began tracking the unemployment rate in the United States, reports CNBC....
Black Americans seems to be doing better job-wise under the current administration. During the Great Recession and the Obama administration, black Americans suffered from a 13.7 percent unemployment rate when former President Barack Obama came into office and reached up to 16.8 percent about two years into his term.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/05/black-unemployment-rate-dropped-to-lowest-levels-since-1970/
The 6.8 percent unemployment rate for black or African Americans has not been seen since 1972 when the Bureau of Labor Statistics first began tracking the unemployment rate in the United States, reports CNBC....
Black Americans seems to be doing better job-wise under the current administration. During the Great Recession and the Obama administration, black Americans suffered from a 13.7 percent unemployment rate when former President Barack Obama came into office and reached up to 16.8 percent about two years into his term.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/05/black-unemployment-rate-dropped-to-lowest-levels-since-1970/
