Racial segregation in the United States Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====1970β1979==== Urban [[deindustrialization]] was occurring, resulting in the number of black-owned banks being increased considerably, with 35 banks established, during this time.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ammons|first1=Lila|title=The Evolution of Black-Owned Banks in the United States Between the 1880s and 1990s|journal=Black Studies|date=March 1996|volume=26|issue=5|pages=478β80}}</ref> Although this change in economy allowed more banks to be opened, this period further impoverished African-American communities, as unemployment rates raised more with the shift in the labour market, from unskilled labour to government jobs.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ammons|first1=Lila|title=The Evolution of Black-Owned Banks in the United States Between the 1880s and 1990s|journal=Black Studies|date=March 1996|volume=26|issue=5|pages=479β80}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page