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AWAACC Presents - TRUTHSayers with Dr. Andre M. Perry

A free event at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center "TRUTHSayers Speaker series features Dr. Andre M. Perry, author of Black Power Scorecard and Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities. He is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the director of its Center for Community Uplift as well as a professor of practice of economics at Washington University in St. Louis." Check out Black Power Scorecard from the library and the other titles Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh suggests.

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  • Black Power Scorecard

    Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close It

    Perry, Andre M.,
    Andre M. Perry draws on extensive research and analysis to quantify how much power Black Americans actually have. Ranging from property, business, and wealth to education, health, and social mobility, he moves across the country,…
    BookNew York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2025.
  • How We Can Win

    Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged

    Jones, Kimberly (Kimberly Latrice),
    In How We Can Win , Jones delves into the impacts of systemic racism and reveals how her formative years in Chicago gave birth to a lifelong devotion to justice. Here, in a vital expansion of her declaration, she calls for Reconstruction…
    BookNew York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — 305.896 Jon
  • The Financial Activist Playbook

    8 Strategies for Everyday People to Reclaim Wealth and Collective Well-being

    Rashid, Jasmine,
    Candide Group's Director of Impact presents the only comprehensive guide that empowers everyday people with insider knowledge on moving money for a more-equitable economy. This is the only practical guide to eight different ways that…
    BookOakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2024] — HG179.5.R37 2024
  • Radical Reparations

    Healing the Soul of a Nation

    Hunter, Marcus Anthony,
    In Radical Reparations, this conversation shifter, social justice pioneer, change agent, and inventor of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which redefined the global conversation on racism and social justice, offers a unifying and…
    BookNew York, NY : Amistad, [2024] — 305.896 HUNTER
  • Black Urban History at the Crossroads

    Race and Place in the American City

    Across ten cutting-edge chapters, leading scholars explore the many ways that urban Black people across the United States built their own communities; crafted their own strategies for self-determination; and shaped the larger economy,…
    BookPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2024] — E185.86.B5375 2024
  • Cashing Out

    Win the Wealth Game by Walking Away

    Saunders, Julien,
    The truth is, you'll never win the wealth game playing by corporate America's rules. To win, you have to walk away and take up an entirely new model. Cashing Out shows you how to open the door to a new kind of prosperity both for yourself…
    BookNew York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2022] — HG179.S23953 2022
  • Of Blood and Sweat

    Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth

    Ford, Clyde W.,
    In this, provocative, timely, and painstakingly researched book, the award-winning author of Think Black tells the story of how Black labor helped to create and sustain the wealth of the white one percent throughout American history.
    BookNew York, NY : Amistad 35, [2022] — E185.8.F67 2022
  • Caste

    the Origins of Our Discontents

    Wilkerson, Isabel,
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2020] — HT725.U6 W55 2020
  • Plundered

    How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America

    Atuahene, Bernadette,
    By following the lives of two Detroit grandfathers--one Black, the other white--and their grandchildren, the author tells a riveting tale about racist policies, how they take root, why they flourish, and who profits.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — 363.5 ATU
  • W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits

    Visualizing Black America : the Color Line at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

    Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963,
    Famed sociologist, writer, and Black rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois fundamentally changed the representation of Black Americans with his exhibition of data visualizations at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Beautiful in design and powerful in…
    Book[Amherst, Massachusetts] : The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst ; Hudson, NY : Princeton Architectural Press, [2018] — 973.0496 DuB
  • Your Money Playbook

    How to Earn More, Build Wealth, and Win at Life

    Copeland, Brandon, 1991-
    Your Money Playbook is a bold, practical, and action-oriented blend of candid introspection and strategy to help readers confront their financial insecurities and commit to building new, game-changing mindsets and practices.
    BookDallas, TX : Matt Holt Books, [2024] — JCEC HG179.C674 2024
  • Wealth Warrior

    8 Steps for Communities of Color to Conquer the Stock Market

    García, Linda (Founder of In Luz We Trust),
    This much-needed conversational guide to the stock market by a financial expert empowers you to heal money wounds, establish financial literacy, and make your money work for you.
    BookNew York : Legacy Lit, 2023. — HG4661.G36 2023x
  • La clave de la riqueza eres tú

    aprende a invertir con éxito y transforma tu relación con el dinero

    García, Linda (Founder of In Luz We Trust),
    Linda García creció, como muchos de nosotros, en un hogar donde la escasez y las deudas eran el pan de cada día. Desde muy joven, se las arregló para cubrir apenas los gastos más básicos. Sin embargo, gracias al generoso consejo de un…
    BookNew York, NY : HarperCollins Espãnol, [2024] — SPANISH HG4661.G3618 2024
  • So...this Is Why I'm Broke

    Money Lessons on Financial Literacy, Passive Income, and Generational Wealth

    Jean-Baptiste, Melissa,
    Melissa Jean-Baptiste of "Millennial in Debt" is a first generation American providing readers with accessible financial tips and advice wrapped up in her story of paying off over $100,000 on a teacher's salary. Melissa makes financial…
    BookCoral Gables : Mango Publishing Group, [2023] — HG179.J334 2023x
  • The Wealth Decision

    10 Simple Steps to Achieve Financial Freedom and Build Generational Wealth

    Broadway, Dominique,
    An eye-opening roadmap for becoming a millionaire and building the foundation of generational wealth from a self-made, first-generation multimillionaire.
    BookNew York : Simon Element, 2023. — HG179.B7425 2023x