"According to the FBI, 34 percent of all missing persons are Black, despite African Americans making up just 12 percent of the U.S. population. In 2015 alone, 216,055 Blacks were reported missing in the U.S." (Black and Missing, But Not Forgotten, JET Magazine. 2016, February 25.) "According to the FBI, 34 percent of all missing persons are Black, despite African Americans making up just 12 percent of the U.S. population. In 2015 alone, 216,055 Blacks were reported missing in the U.S." (Black and Missing, But Not Forgotten, JET Magazine. 2016, February 25.)