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. >> reporter: in today's "state of black america report," national urban league president mark moriala grim picture. >> black america is suffering. the recession has had a very tough impact. >> reporter: in muskegon, michigan, about 30% black, the head of the job placement center is letting people go. >> i had to lay off a couple people and had to cut hours. >> reporter: though president obama this month signed a $17.6 billion jobs bill, the urban league says it's not enough. >> we need the kind of powerful response to the jobs crisis that we saw to the banking crisis. >> reporter: they're urging a more targeted approach, funding for job training, a summer work program for teens, establishing credit for small businesses and tax incentives for creating green jobs, all designed to empower the neediest communities. it's a spirit embraced by clark who is freelancing now planning her future. >> i've been able to reevaluate what i want to do next. >> reporter: working through challeing times where finding a job is the toughest job of all. nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, springtim

next we will hear from mark morial about our how nation's broken economy is hurting workers of all backgrounds and how we can move forward together. thank you. [applause] >> buenos tartas. i'm here today representing 2 million people from coast-to-coast. we are going to have economic reform and immigration reform in america now. [applause] >> i'm here today to reaffirm that this day have african-american communities stand in solidarity with all the people who are here and all of the people in communities across the nation to send a strong, powerful and unyielding message to the leaders in this country that we are united. we will not be divided in our fight for economic reform and immigration reform in this nation today. so i want to affirm and let each of you know that the national urban league stands with you. we stand with you because we believe that whenever any person in this country has to live in second class citizenship, a second class status it is a threat to justice, freedom, and equal treatment everywhere. so with much courage, much faith and much unity, si se puede. let us make it

what does, in the words of mark morial, who is calling for a robust jobs package, what does that mean the administration is talking something in the order of $30 billion bill, credits, incentive, helping small businesses. does that look and sound like a robust jobs package that could help african-americans? >> it does sound like that. >> it does. the first -- >> go ahead. >> no, mark, go ahead. >> first, let me say, you know, i don't have a problem getting things from the government. we are citizens of this nation. and somehow african-american people can develop a philosophy where they have to choose between doing for self and getting what they're entitled to as citizens of a democratic government. we should do ourselves but we t. government owes us something, we pay taxes and we need that. the bill, we need tax incentives for businesses to encourage them to hire is t. most vulnerable people, many are black and latino. we need to extend benefits and keep unemployment benefits extended. we need to create opportunities to produce new jobs and new ideas. we need to create the infrastruct