By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum, Contributing Columnist For generations, the conversation about Black wealth has focused on what we do not have: not enough savings, not enough access to capital, not enough homeownership and not enough inherited wealth. Those realities matter, and the disparities behind them are real but there is another question worth asking: […]

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Property is Power: What is a gift of equity and what could it mean for Black America?

By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum, Contributing Columnist For generations, the conversation about Black wealth has focused on what we do not have: not enough savings, not enough access to capital, not enough homeownership and not enough inherited wealth. Those realities matter, and the disparities behind them are real but there is another question worth asking: […]

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