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Amanpour and Company

15 Cents on the Dollar: Wealth Gap Between Black & White Americans, Explained

Season 2024 Episode 6254 | 18m 20s

Nearly 160 years later after the end of slavery in the U.S. the financial inequality between African Americans and their white peers remains stark, as our next guests lay out in their new book, "Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap." Co-authors Ebony Reed and Louise Story chart the history of racial wealth disparity through the eyes of seven Americans.

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Episode: S2025 E7247 | 55:48
Watch • 55:47
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Episode: S2025 E7246 | 55:47
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Episode: S2025 E7245 | 55:47
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