ABSTRACT
The career development of the country’s almost 30 million African Americans needs urgent attention. They are the largest ethnic group in the United States after Whites, representing 12.1% of the population, but 1990 census data indicate that their poverty rate is about 31.9% and has fluctuated between 30% and 36% since 1970; in contrast, the rate for the nation is about 13.5%, fluctuating from only 8.7% to 12% during the same period (cf. Swinton, 1992). Census data also show that the average family income for African Americans has been about 58% of White family income in recent years.
