New Report Details Black Inequality

Among the report's findings:

• Blacks have more than double the unemployment rate of whites.
• Less than half of blacks own homes compared to more than three-fourths of whites.
• Black youth are more likely to have poorly trained teachers, live in poverty and not have health insurance than whites.
• Still, the report also makes clear that black America has made significant gains in some areas.

Since 1960, when black men earned only 50 cents for every dollar earned by white men, income gaps have narrowed as the black middle class has grown and become more educated. In 2000, black men earned 64 cents on the dollar, according to Thomas M. Shapiro, a professor of law and social policy at Brandeis University who wrote an essay, "The Racial Wealth Gap," in the Urban League's report.