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By Freddie Allen      WASHINGTON, D.C.  (NNPA) – The unemployment rate for Blacks dipped to 11.9 percent in December, according to the Labor Department, largely because…

unemployment rate fell by .05 percent this month, it still sits at nearly 13.3 percent, nearly double the overall rate.

MIAMI, FL – Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), issued the following statement on the September 2012 jobs report: “The September job’s report is good news;…