This clip could be used to illustrate socio-economic issues within the USA. In the clip, Alvin says “Poverty could decrease if people stopped being lazy.” Encourage students to discuss their ...

This clip could be used to illustrate socio-economic issues within the USA. In the clip, Alvin says “Poverty could decrease if people stopped being lazy.” Encourage students to discuss their ...

He tweeted that he had delivered the lowest African-American unemployment, poverty and crime rates in US history. So how has he done? 1. Is African-American unemployment the lowest in history?

Continued lack of investment in this unassuming town have condemned it to extreme poverty since the day it was created.

He tweeted that he had delivered the lowest African-American unemployment, poverty and crime rates in US history. So how has he done? 1. Is African-American unemployment the lowest in history?

While most African Americans lived in poverty, some were able to become financially solvent, forming a middle class. An elite class of blacks was also formed from entrepreneurs who were able to ...

Given its racialized connotations, that meant paying particular attention to poverty and underemployment among African ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

During and after World War II, millions of African Americans migrated out of the Jim Crow South and into urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest. Facing continued racism and discrimination in ...