Just because someone elsewhere asked where I got the idea that Blacks have had some positive advancements in the past 40 years.
Poverty Rate
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov2.html
Blacks below the poverty level:
2005: 24.7%
1966: 41.8%
1959: 55.1%
Educational Attainment
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-550.pdf
2005
High school +: 80%
Some college +: 44.7%
Bachelors +: 17.3
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/education/p20-158/tab-01.pdf
1966
High school graduate: 28.5%
4 years college: 2.3%
5 years+ college: 1.3%
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