This research, a joint publication of the Urban Institute, Duke University, The New School, and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, explores racial and ethnic differences in net worth, focusing on Black families in Washington, DC. It shows, through a chronicle of their history in the city, how discrimination and systemic racism have contributed to today’s wealth gap in the nation’s capital.
This resource was part of the 2017 AFN Grantmaker Conference which framed key issues, and elevated promising approaches and timely, relevant research to support strategic and impactful investments. This conference aimed to foster peer-to-peer conversations to help grantmakers bring the desired short and long-term outcomes as reflected in the theme Accelerating Ideas into Action. View all 2017 conference resources.
