06/19/2025
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐. ๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐.โฃโฃ
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๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก marks the dayโ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐โwhen the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom, over ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โฃโฃ
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Today, ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ hold a bachelorโs degree or higher, compared to 21% of white Americansโ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.โฃโฃ
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๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค-๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ have grown by ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐% in the past decade, yet still face significant barriers to funding and resources.โฃโฃ
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๐ช๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ: The median wealth of Black families is ๐จ๐ง๐-๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก that of white families in the U.S.โ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ.โฃโฃ
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๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ have led to over ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ขn the past five years, showing the power of collective action and advocacy.โฃโฃ
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๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ. โ๐พ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐.โฃโฃ
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