It's been a decade since the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and blacks still haven't fully recovered financially, leaving them unprepared if another recession hits.
During Super Bowl LIII, will Atlanta’s long struggle for racial equality be highlighted or glossed over?
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Old 19th-century agreements between the U.S. government which expelled Indigenous peoples from their land and gave it cheaply to white settlers continue to impact inequalities in the United States.
Slave shackles in a display case at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C..
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In the 19th century, slaveholders advertised widely for runaway slaves and often hired men to track and capture fugitives. African-American communities offered sanctuary space to the runaways.
What do black Americans experience in the school system?
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