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Facts. In 2010, African-Americans earned, on average, half of what white Americans earned In 2010, the average white family had $632,000 of total wealth T he average African-American family had $98,000 In 2012, approximately 74% of white families owned a home

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  1. Facts • In 2010, African-Americans earned, on average, half of what white Americans earned • In 2010, the average white family had $632,000 of total wealth • The average African-American family had $98,000 • In 2012, approximately 74% of white families owned a home • In the same year, approximately 45% of African-American families owned a home

  2. Civil War Reconstruction How it still affects us today…

  3. Reconstruction What are we talking about? • The process of reuniting the country after the Civil War • Rebuilding the South’s economy • Helping freed slaves (freedmen) transition from the life of slavery to the life of freedom • Freedman’s Bureau (video)

  4. Slavery Reparations • The idea of paying present-day descendants of former slaves (African-Americans) for the injustices endured by their ancestors who were slaves in this country

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