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With last Monday's observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the official start of Black History Month one week away, now is an excellent time to look at statistics regarding African Americans in the United States. The Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business offers an in-depth snapshot. We look at African-American statistical measures in population trends, education, voting patterns, income and poverty, and jobs and business with Tanya Hall, analyst at the IBRC. Also in this program, we examine racial disparities in education and employment on a new edition of “Our America”, commentaries on black politics by Indiana University professor Khalil Muhammad. Our featured musical artist is the late Luther Vandross, who sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards during his career. As always, Bring It On! features regional and national news and a regional calendar highlighting events relevant to the local African-American community. Hosted by Cornelius Wright and Breshaun Joyner.