Reuters: “As the United States honors Martin Luther King’s civil rights legacy on Monday, many African-American workers may be facing new obstacles to achieving and maintaining a middle-class life style. African-Americans represent 13.1 percent of the U.S. population and 11.6 percent of the labor force, according to a 2012 U.S. Department of Labor report. Nearly one in five African-American workers hold government jobs such as mail clerks, firefighters and teachers, the report said.”
A female postal worker in Chicago was interviewed and her middle class lifestyle was related to ML King’s civil rights legacy.
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Posted on January 22, 2013
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