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Download full textJohnson, Wanda B.; Pearson, Curtis W. D. – 1983
Re-examination of a 16-county area of southern Alabama last studied in 1968 found it still economically depressed, especially for blacks. Black unemployment remains two to three times higher and black poverty rates up to five times higher than those of whites. Blacks are generally employed in the lowest paying jobs. Both black median family income…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
