The Urban Institute was founded 50 years ago by President Lyndon B. Johnson to provide “power through knowledge” to help solve the problems that weighed heavily on the nation’s hearts and minds. Today, we’re exploring promising solutions to advance equity and upward mobility and identifying what transformational leaders need to know to drive forward groundbreaking ideas. This brief is one of our eight-part Catalyst series, in which we share what it would take to advance bold solutions over the next 50 years. The brief seeks to answer the question: What would it take to overcome the damaging effects of structural racism and ensure a more equitable future?
Authors
Kilolo Kijakazi, Steven Brown, Donnie Charleston, Charmaine Runes
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- United States of America
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- Urban Institute