By Ebony Flake· Updated December 21, 2022
Black labor built America.
The uncompensated work of Black people quite literally created the US economy. However, centuries of laws, codes, and structural barriers prohibiting Black Americans from participating in the massive wealth-bearing fruits of their labor, have created deep chasms perpetuated to this day. One of the most flagrant is the tremendous Black-white wealth disparity in the US. Today, white
