In the first decade of the twenty-first century,
A) African Americans constituted three percent of the nation's college population.
B) there was little-to-no economic disparity between black and white professionals.
C) half of all African Americans lived in poverty as members of the "underclass."
D) half of all African Americans were members of the middle class.
E) the percentage of black high school graduates going to college still lagged significantly behind that of white high school graduates.

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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, about half of all African Americans were considered to be part of the middle class, reflecting significant social and economic progress.

In the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century