On Juneteenth: New research demonstrates how economic mobility is restricted for Black Americans

On June 19, 1865, emancipation was officially declared in the state of Texas, more than two full years after the Emancipation Proclamation and more than two full months after the pro-slavery rebellion was defeated in the Civil War. This day, thereafter called Juneteenth, marked the real end of the juridical and economic system of slavery […] The post On Juneteenth: New research demonstrates how economic mobility is restricted for Black Americans appeared first on Equitable Growth.