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JFK and Domestic Issues. Civil Rights The War on Poverty Camelot in Retrospect LBJ Takes over. JFK. Birmingham Ala. George Wallace, Gov. of Ala. Labor Dept. Report. Black unemployment 3X higher than white. Labor Dept. Report. Black unemployment 3X higher than white
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JFK and Domestic Issues • Civil Rights • The War on Poverty • Camelot in Retrospect • LBJ Takes over
Labor Dept. Report • Black unemployment 3X higher than white
Labor Dept. Report • Black unemployment 3X higher than white • Only 17% of blacks had white collar jobs compared to 47% of whites.
Labor Dept. Report • Black unemployment 3X higher than white • Only 17% of blacks had white collar jobs compared to 47% of whites. • Black teens had 2X the rate of unemployment as white teens.
Labor Dept. Report • Black unemployment 3X higher than white • Only 17% of blacks had white collar jobs compared to 47% of whites. • Black teens had 2X the rate of unemployment as white teens. • Black income only 55% of white income and remaining static in the 1960s