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Unprecedented Rise in Black Youth Summer Unemployment
The Labor Department reports black youths ages 16 to 21 faced a record summer jobless rate of 34.8 percent with 756,000 unemployed, while white youth unemployment fell slightly to 12.6 percent and the overall July U.S. unemployment stood at 6.9 percent. The Carter administration moved to expand job programs including three new Job Corps centers in San Bernardino, Albany Georgia, and Benton Pennsylvania, and to launch the Young Adult Conservation Corps as part of a $1 billion effort to employ 200,000 youths in public service and park projects.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Ymiths
U.S
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Criti
San Bernardino
Albany
Benton
Departments of Agriculture and Interior
Carter
White House
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Rep
Parren Mitchell
D-Md
Congressional Black Caucus
Mitchell
Bureau of Labor Statistics