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Reversing Black Economic Gains in the Great Recession
Deborah Goldring's rise from segregation era poverty to a middle class life ends with the 2007 2009 downturn. The Great Recession devastates Black wealth and spurs foreclosures and job losses, with economists noting stark wealth gaps and rising Black unemployment into 2010s.
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Baltimore
Deborah Goldring
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The
Economic Policy Institute
EPI
Algernon Austin
Department of Labor
Austin
Maya Wiley
Center For Social Inclusion
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