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"Let's f ce it: The poiential
for oung BI ck male
to support mother nd child
is not v ry great in
present d y America."
e adole ents re or ing today �
h ve ever worked before except
BI c men.1 Although the
e nomi progre of y ung B ck fe- .
m 1 limbed over the pa 2�
ye r, th t of young Blac males h .
f lien rply. Between 1954 and 1 81
teen e BI c female increa d their
I b r f rce parti ipati n rate by almost
per ent. Th 1 bor force participa
. n rate f r teen ge Black m le fell by
ne-third.
Puttin our w men to wor in tead
f ur men i not a lution . for the
c mmunit ,wh f mille have
y dep nded upon the income of
poverty. j In
aren are
n t or ing, children re there time
m r rely t b poor. Tod y,,4.6
milli n of n 81 c children h ve Wr­
rently mployed mother; only 3.1
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