say black americans who have been deprived of the opportunity to accumulate wealth in past generations, then those transfers don t occur. we can talk about the range of historical factors that come into play in preventing black americans from accumulating wealth to the same degree as white americans. i d like to highlight one set of policies in the late 19th century, when in the aftermath of slavery, black americans who have been emancipated or provost 40 acreas restitution for the years of bondage. a promise was not kept. on the other hand, water and a half million white families in the united states, approximately ten to 12% of the white population, received 160 acre land grants in the western territories under the homestead act of 1862. trina shanks williams, a scholar at the university of michigan, now estimates that at least 45 million living white
We need a more comprehensive, centralized, and phased approach with the express goal of assisting all local public bodies to get into financial compliance.
Days remaining in session: 36 Grieving families: Attorney General Raúl Torrez delivered a rousing speech Thursday at a memorial for the families of homicide victims in the Capitol rotunda. Torrez asked the dozens of people attending the event to clap and cheer and make as much noise as possible “because the people in this building need […]