With <strong>unemployment</strong> among <strong>blacks</strong> at <strong>more than 15 percent</strong>, the <strong>NAACP</strong> has joined several other groups to call on <strong>President Obama</strong> to do more to create jobs.<!--more-->

The <strong>nation's unemployment rate</strong> rose above <strong>10%</strong> for the first time since 1983 in October, a much worse jump than expected as employers continued to trim jobs from payrolls.<!--more-->