Throughout history, the U.S. and other countries have paid reparations to a wide range of people and groups, for a variety of wrongs. But reparations to…
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Throughout the nation’s history, time and again, promising signs of African American progress have been shattered by acts of violence serving the interests of white…
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Time and again, the route to upward mobility in American society has been blocked for African Americans. Consider the GI Bill, which provided college education and…
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How the Federal Government Promoted Housing Segregation and Thwarted Black Home Ownership Home ownership played an important role in how many Americans built wealth in…
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The Racial Wealth Gap’s Roots in Federal Policy The promise of “40 acres and a mule” officially was made in 1865. The U.S. government decided…
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One Nation Under Slavery White households in Boston have a median net worth of about $247,000 dollars. The median net worth of a Black household…
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