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While Black Americans Making Great Strides Handling Money, They Still Face Big Challenges To Close The Racial Wealth Gap

Jeffrey McKinneyDecember 22, 2020December 22, 2020

by Jeffrey McKinneyDecember 22, 2020December 22, 20203582

New survey shows that even though Black Americans are the most likely to invest regularly and demonstrate good saving habits, they had the lowest net...

COVID-19 Lifestyle Money

Blacks Will Face More Repercussions From COVID-19 Than Other Ethnic Groups: Report

Jeffrey McKinneyApril 22, 2020April 22, 2020

by Jeffrey McKinneyApril 22, 2020April 22, 20204029

Black Americans will likely face a more devastating aftermath due to the coronavirus, including greater joblessness, bankruptcy, and other adverse outcomes....

COVID-19 Lifestyle

Report: Black Americans the Only Ones to Die From COVID-19 in St. Louis

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 10, 2020April 10, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonApril 10, 2020April 10, 20201428

Every coronavirus victim in St. Louis who has died has been a black American....

COVID-19 Lifestyle

Black Americans Are Contracting And Dying From COVID-19 At An Alarming Rate, Report Shows

Justin BartonApril 5, 2020April 6, 2020

by Justin BartonApril 5, 2020April 6, 20205145

Early data out of Milwaukee shows that African Americans have contracted and died of Coronavirus at a much higher rate than White Americans. In Milwaukee,...

Lifestyle Travel and Leisure

Young Black Americans Can Take A Free Birthright Trip To Africa

moguldomFebruary 18, 2020May 4, 2020

by moguldomFebruary 18, 2020May 4, 202042454

Young Black Americans have in recent years been given the opportunity to travel to their ancestral African countries and connect with their roots by nonprofit...

Lifestyle

MLK Historic Sites Closed Due to the Shutdown; Black America Suffers Its Impact

Samara LynnJanuary 15, 2019

by Samara LynnJanuary 15, 20191022

The national park dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. is closed today, on his birthday, due to the government shutdown. And other Americans, especially black...