February 08, 2005
31Days: Census Minority Reports
Another quick BHM post...
"Facts on the Black or African American Population"
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWafamML1.html
A cool feature of the Census site is their "Profile America" Black History Month radio feature stories. I heard this one on KMOJ this morning:
Profile America for this 8th day of Black History Month. One area of black history that is largely undocumented is the field of fashion. One prime example is Ann Lowe. She learned to sew at an early age from her mother, who ran a small dressmaking shop in New York. Ann became so well known for her dresses, she eventually made more than 2000 of them for New York society. Her most famous creation was the wedding dress for future first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. That dress took 50 yards of silk taffeta and more than two months to make. Ann Lowe’s dresses can still be seen in museums in Washington, D.C., and New York. Today, African-Americans make up the largest percentage of women-owned minority businesses at 38 percent. This special edition of Profile America for Black History Month is brought to you as a public service by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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