The Impact of Student Loans on Black Wealth
*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by historian Devin Fergus as part
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Race, Injustice, and Philosophy: An Interview with Tommie Shelby
This month I interviewed Tommie Shelby on his most recent book, Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (Harvard University Press, 2016) and his
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The Impact of Student Loans on Black Wealth
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the largest financial
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Ethel Mae Matthews and the Emmaus House in Atlanta
Fifty years ago, Emmaus House opened its doors for the first time. Located in Peoplestown, a deprived neighborhood southeast of
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Remembering Black Women in St. Louis’s Pruitt-Igoe Housing Projects
An eerie calm has settled over the 57-acre lot where the Pruitt-Igoe Homes once loomed over St. Louis, Missouri. Today,
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