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Commissioners approve redistricting, revaluation

Daily Advance 04 Nov 2021
One of the main goals of the redistricting effort was to ensure that District 3 remained a minority-majority district, with African Americans holding the majority. After the 2020 Census, the initial results showed a drop in African-American population in District 3 from 59.53 percent in 2010 to 57.31 percent in 2020.
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Multiracial in Michigan: Checkboxes, community and belonging in complicated times

Michigan Live 04 Nov 2021
Hispanic or Latino.White alone non-Hispanic.Black or African American alone non-Hispanic.American Indian and Alaska Native alone non-Hispanic.Asian alone non-Hispanic.Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone non-Hispanic.Some Other Race alone non-Hispanic.Multiracial non-Hispanic.
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Lightfoot staying above the fray in messy remap battle — for now

Chicago Sun-Times 04 Nov 2021
Willie Wilson won 14 of the city’s majority African American wards ... She’s a product of the African American population,” Odelson said ... “Since the 1990 Census, the Hispanic population has gained 286,000 people and the African-American population has lost 275,000 people.
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First person of color confirmed as next Census Bureau leader

Bowling Green Daily News 04 Nov 2021
The pandemic also disrupted one of the Census Bureau’s most important programs, the one-year American Community Survey, which provides a wide-ranging picture of the U.S ... James Holmes, who is African American, was named acting director on a temporary basis in 1998 after the resignation of Martha Riche.
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‘Black in Black on Black’ exhibit combines social science data with art

Mountain Xpress 04 Nov 2021
... African American ... census data beginning in the late 1700s to gauge the percentage of WNC’s African American population over time, as well as government data regarding social determinants of health, utilization of health care and related matters for that particular community.
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It has been 20 years since a Black man represented California in Congress

Finger Lakes Times 04 Nov 2021
California, the most populous state in the nation with nearly 40 million people, is less than 6% Black, according to census data. That amounts to more than 2 million African Americans across the state ... are Asian American (four women and four men) and three are Black (all women).
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Greenbelt passes referendum to study reparations

The Lufkin News 03 Nov 2021
... to establish a commission to study reparations for African American and Native American residents ... The city has grown to 23,000 residents, with nearly 47 percent identifying as Black or African American, according to census data.
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November 2021 - Long Term Care Awareness Month: Genworth's Beyond Dollars Study 2021 Shows Increasing ...

Johnson City Press 01 Nov 2021
As the need for care increases, family members are filling in the gap, with one in three Americans reporting that they ... Survey participants this year were 18% Hispanic, 10% African American and 5% Asian, reflective of how ethnic populations are represented in the 2020 U.S. census.
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In racially divisive Chicago ward remap fight, something’s got to give as deadline nears

Chicago Sun-Times 29 Oct 2021
Despite a drop in the number of African Americans living in Chicago, the council’s Black Caucus is trying to hold what it has ... Burt Odelson, an attorney for the Latino Caucus, argued that 2020 census data showing African Americans with 29% of the city’s population, down 85,000 from a decade ago, no longer justifies 18 Black wards.
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Orange Seeks Return to Ward 5 Seat

The Washington Informer 28 Oct 2021
Former D.C ... “VO is back,” Orange told the Informer on Oct. 21. “I plan to make my candidacy public for the Ward 5 seat on or before Nov. 4. This is now an open seat ... Orange represented the ward when the 2000 census reported it had an 86 percent Black population. However, the 2020 census revealed the African-American percentage of Ward 5 at 55 percent ... ....
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Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap to Help Break the Cycle of Health Inequities

The Philadelphia Tribune 26 Oct 2021
With some history lessons in mind, I have been sounding the alarm as Congress works to put together the Build Back Better Act, a comprehensive bill to invest in American families ... According to the 1930 Census, 65 percent of African Americans were employed on farms or as domestic workers and life expectancy of Black workers was 48 years.
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Letter to the Editor | Traffic numbers not aligned

The News-Gazette 24 Oct 2021
Collectively, the African American population of these seven counties, according to the 2020 Census, is 10.5 percent. Yet the number of African ...
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Detroit residents to Michigan redistricting commission: Scrap draft political maps

Michigan Live 21 Oct 2021
“The commission’s attempt to avoid gerrymandering and to include African Americans in surrounding suburbs failed to address several important issues that will make electing an African American candidate or retaining an elected African American elected official difficult to ...
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Georgia's youngest farmer is starting a bigger conversation about Black farming

WPTV 21 Oct 2021
ATLANTA, Ga. — Kendall Rae Johnson is a ball of energy with the biggest of smiles. Her happiness is contagious, but the six-year-old's identity is much more ... Her story starts with a lesson from her great-grandmother ... Census, 13.4% of the country's population is Black or African American, however, Black farmers make up only 1.34% of all farm producers ... .
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