Poll Shows Race Distinctions in Black Community (NPR)

I came across this All Things Considered November 13th, 2007 story on the NPR.com site.   Pew Research Center’s latest polling of African-Americans shows that a small majority of blacks believe it is appropriate to think of blacks as a single race, because of the increasing diversity in their community. And few African-Americans feel that, as a group, they are better off than five years ago.  The page includes links to other related news and analysis.

Income Gap Between Families Grows

Income Gap Between Families Grows
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Decades after the civil rights movement, the income gap between black and white families has grown, says a new study that tracked the incomes of some 2,300 families for more than 30 years.