HOLMES: The numbers are just sobering. According to a new report by the National Urban League, the number of African-Americans in this country who are unemployed is almost double the number of whites. Our CNN all platform Journalist Sarah Hoye went beyond these sobering statistics to bring you a name and a face.</s>LASHONDA: It makes me feel angry and frustrated because I don't think those numbers are completely accurate. I think it's a lot higher than that. It's just been a big kind of regrouping that we've had to go through and understand that this is for a while. We don't know how long, hopefully not much longer, but just understanding that it's for a time and for a season. So I'm just trying to stay connected with, you know, sending out resumes, going to different jobs and career seminars and things like that, and this is really about staying positive. You know, once I start thinking, oh, never going to get a job, nothing is ever going to change, that's when it won't. I don't take it personally. I know whatever is next for me to do it'll be the perfect opportunity, and I'll thrive in it. Well, if my benefits are cut off, if my unemployment insurance is cut off, that's going to be pretty much the end of the resources that we have for now, as things continue to pick up. So, I mean, I won't even allow myself to think about oh, if it cuts off, then what am I going to do? Because I am going to continue to be steadfast in what I'm doing, you know, like I said, networking and sending out resumes and going to career fairs and all of those things. And it has to get better.</s>HOLMES: Well, put a name and a face with some of those statistics we've been seeing. We're also going to put a name and a face to another story you've been seeing a lot in the news. We're going to introduce you to someone very special this morning.</s>CHO: His name is Steven Lee, and coming up we'll tell you why it is so important that you know who he is.
African American Unemployment Double That of White Americans