Newsviews: Congressman Danny Davis discusses solutions for wealth gap, graduation rates

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Nearly half of young African American men in Chicago are neither in school nor working.

Nationwide, 55 percent of African American men live below the poverty line.

In Chicago, 59 percent of African American teenagers do not graduate from high school.

Congressman Danny Davis talked about his upcoming conference on the state of African American men aimed at finding solutions to these problems and others.

For more information on the conference, visit

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