How Policies, Historic Events Set Black Americans Back Economically

Published June 17, 2020 at 1:20 PM EDT

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The store front of Lettie Gooch, one of the many black-owned businesses near U Street, is seen boarded up on June 15, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

William Darity, professor of public policy, African and African American studies and economics, and director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, and host Robin Young look at some of the historic events and policies that have set Black Americans back economically.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.