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Reflecting on slavery's grim history of objectification
When we begin presentations about the racial wealth gap, we pause at the beginning to reflect on these artifacts.
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Louise Story
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Ebony Reed
“I believe that the American descendants of enslaved people deserve reparations. Period. Just flat out deserve it,” says an Ohio politician…
A regular installment about race and money in America, from the authors of "The Black Dollar"
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Ebony Reed
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Louise Story
"I saw a sea of young people who were charged as first-time felons, and I thought there's got to be some other way because if they take a…
A regular installment about race and money in America, from the authors of "The Black Dollar"
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Louise Story
 and 
Ebony Reed
Before the love of my life passed away, he often said: “We are descendants of slaves. This is our house. We made it."
A regular installment about race and money in America, from the authors of "The Black Dollar"
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Ebony Reed
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"There are so many people in the business community who ... don't understand capitalism," says a Civil Rights leader. "They think that in…
A regular installment about race and money in America, from the authors of "The Black Dollar"
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Louise Story
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Ebony Reed
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“If we step away from holding corporations accountable, then there’s a lot that we lose,” says a marketing executive who founded the Black…
A regular installment about race and money in America, from the authors of “The Black Dollar”
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Louise Story
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Ebony Reed
"We’ve found in our research it is often harder to trace ancestors for Black Americans than white Americans. How do federal records help…
A regular installment about race and money in America, from the authors of "The Black Dollar"
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Ebony Reed
 and 
Louise Story
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