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Source: 1964 and 2018 Current Population Survey Changes in the Nation’s African American Population Since 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1964 2018 25.7% 87.8% Percentage of African Americans completing high school 1964 2018 306,000 3 million Number of African American college students African American All 1964 2018 48.0% 49.0% 58.5% 69.3% Percentage of people voting in the United States
