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November 15, 2000
Joint Center President Inducted into Memphis City School Alumni Hall of Fame

November 1, 2000
Joint Center Launches Alliances for Racial Healing

October 23, 2000
Joint Center Releases 2000 National Opinion Poll and Analysis of Impact of Bush and Gore Proposals on Blacks

September 6, 2000
Joint Center Launches Race Bridge-Building Alliance for Youth

August 11, 2000
Joint Center Releases New Report on Blacks and The 2000 Democratic National Convention

July 27, 2000
Joint Center Releases New Report on Blacks and the 2000 Republican Convention

July 25, 2000
FOCUS Article Says Unemployment Rates Misleading

July 25, 2000
Joint Center Interns Learning the Ropes of Nonprofit Management and Public Policy Research

July 21, 2000
Joint Center Mourns Board Member H. Lebaron Taylor

July 20, 2000
Statement on Creation of the National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality

June 7, 2000
Joint Center Appoints New Head of South Africa Office

June 6, 2000
Joint Center Appoints New Vice President for Development

May 18, 2000
Joint Center Forum on Why Fewer American Youth Enlisting in Army

May 1, 2000
Joint Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary at Annual Dinner

February 29, 2000
Joint Center Relaunches Census 2000 Website

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Infant mortality is an especially troubling problem among African Americans. Black babies are more than twice as likely to die before they reach their first birthday as white babies. However, black women breastfeed at the lowest rates of any racial group in our nation. Learn more.