Measuring Progress: A Look at the Economic Strides of African Americans in Recent Decades

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Have African Americans Progressed economically over time? That's a no-brainer. How much we have progressed, however, is another question. the 1960s are remebered for the civil rights movement and the pivotal 1963 March on Washington that "changed America forever" recalls Rep.John Lewis (D-Ga.), who, at 23, was the youngest person to speak at the march. (View our complete March on Washington 40th Anniversary package at www.blackenterprise.com/ExclusivesekOpen.asp?id=463.) When the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, the African American voting population was 58.5% compared with the national percentage, which was around 69.3%. The percentage of African Americans with bachelor's degrees …