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The reports a significant increase in Black unemployment rates, reaching levels not seen since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This surge raises concerns about ongoing economic disparities and the impact of potential policy changes on Black workers.
Madison residents can now view artwork depicting scenes from the Civil Rights Era at the Southwest Madison Employment Center.
40 HBCUs will benefit from donated funds intend to increase education and career opportunities for students.
The Black unemployment rate hit a record low in March, a milestone for a U.S. labor market that most policymakers and economists expect to begin cooling in the face of higher interest rates, jeopardizing those historic gains. The unemployment rate for Black Americans reached 5.0% with Black women having an even lower rate. Centuries of racial injustice and resistance to reparations for Black Americans have contributed to the Black unemployment rate, The 1963 March on Washington was originally the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Civil rights leaders and Black economists have advocated for economic welfare and equal rights for Black Americans.
The newest Justice Department investigation of police racism is aimed toward the employment policies of Kansas City’s police department.
A new book busts myths about Black people in the workplace, finding that racism and stereotypes prevent employment success.
As the economy worsens, unemployment has increased for Black workers, straining their families and community.
A NHS tribunal has highlighted the importance of professional boundaries. Calling a colleague “auntie” can constitute workplace harassment.
This selection of photographs from the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Freedom Summer Archive documents the grassroots activism and local organizing that defined Mississippi’s 1964 Freedom Summer. Preserved through the foresight of WHS archivists and civil rights participants, these images have informed national and traveling exhibits, including Risking Everything, and support ABHM’s ongoing work connecting Southern civil rights struggles to activism in Milwaukee and beyond.