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National Urban League Releases 2020 State of Black America Report - L.A. Focus Newspaper

L.A. Focus Staff Last month, the Urban League released its annual State of Black America report. Entitled “Unmasked”, the data wasn’t all that surprising—that the coronavirus pandemic has widened racial disparities across the U.S., creating a crisis that has contributed to increased death rates among Black and Latino communities. “This is a crisis,” […]

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