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Black America Needs A ‘New Normal’: Equitable Credit Access To Build Wealth April 2, 2021 By Charlene Crowell (Trice Edney Wire) – Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed dual crises. Over 542,000 Americans lives were lost and continue to increase. At the same time, the rippling effects of a massive economic downturn has caused the nation to lose 9.5 million jobs – more losses than even those of the Great Recession, finds the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy. Although many officials have called for a ‘return to normalÃ...

100 Years After Tulsa Massacre, Black Property Investment Has Never Recovered A century ago, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a mecca for Black entrepreneurs and business people looking to expand their investments, including into residential and commercial real estate. The 40-acre district became known as Black Wall Street, and at this moment 100 years ago, it was close to its peak. Lower Manhattan But on May 31, 1921, a horde of White Oklahomans, angered by the success of the prosperous Black community, tore through the neighborhood, k...

Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Loading the player... On the eve of her Senate confirmation hearing, HUD Secretary-designate, Marcia Fudge, took part in a virtual town hall on the first 100 days of the Biden administration, hosted by the NAACP.  Susan Rice, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty and NAACP President Derrick Johnson — all of whom chee...

  Biden Nominations Broaden Black Women’s Leadership Roles: 1st Black Woman to Chair Council of Economic Advisers, 2nd in 40 Years to Head HUD By Charlene Crowell Charlene Crowell The selection of California Senator Kamala Harris to join and then win the nation’s Vice-Presidency gave unprecedented hope to Black women across the nation. Not only had a woman broken a glass ceiling in professional development; she was also Black and a graduate of Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Institutions. In recent days, however, two more significant nominations by Pr...

The selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris to join the Democratic ticket and then win the nation’s vice presidency gave unprecedented hope to Black women across the nation. Not only had a woman broken a glass ceiling in professional development; she was also Black and a graduate of Howard University, one of the nation’s premier historically Black institutions. In recent days, however, two other significant nominations by President-Elect Joe Biden signal that the presence of Black women in the new administration is expanding in other ground-breaking roles. If confirmed by the Sen...