Share Your Thoughts
What are your thoughts on the problems facing black America? Do studies and reports make things look too grim? Or do you think they are an accurate potrayal of many of the problems black people still face despite some progress?
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Order Your Own Copy
Purchase a copy of the State of Black America 2006 from the National Urban League's Web site.
Prisons
Black men are arrested at higher rates and are sentenced to longer times. It's been found that of the sentences issued in 12 crime categories in the state courts, sentences for black males were longer than white males.
Housing
A growing number of African Americans are homeowners, the highest percentage in history in fact. But what are some of the persistant setbacks facing blacks in the housing market.
Civil Rights
Black and other minority voters have found themselves unable to enter and engage in the major political discussions of the day. Find out why not.
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Sunday morning remains one of the most segregated times in America. But now it has nothing to do with church.
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Take a look back at BV's coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. What really caused the levees to break? How can the city rebuild itself?