/jo͞onˈtēnTH/

a holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US.

The Black Experience in the South Campaign, developed by the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) Communications Team, seeks to highlight the continued inequities and bold resiliency within the African American communities, along with the unprecedented opportunities local and state governments have to change the narrative.

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BLACK FARMERS

Black/African American farms in the U.S. plummeted from 925,000 to fewer than 36,000.

BLACK EDUCATION

Four years after graduation, the average Black/African American college graduate owes $52,726, compared to $28,006 for the average white college graduate.

BLACK BUSINESSES

Only 47% of Black business owners’ requests for loans were approved, compared with 75% for white business owners.

BLACK HEALTH

White Americans’ life expectancy declined by 1.2 years during the early pandemic; for Black/African Americans, that number was about 3 years.

BLACK CHILDREN

Due to the large share of Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and stimulus checks distributed in March 2021, Black populations reached their lowest rate of poverty at approx. 14%.

BLACK WOMEN

In 2020, the maternal mortality rate for non-Hispanic Black/African American women was 55.3 deaths per 100,000 live births, 2.9 times the rate for non-Hispanic White women.

BLACK MEN

Black/African American men have a lower life expectancy than white men and are more likely to die prematurely.

BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS

Metropolitan areas with greater devaluation of Black neighborhoods are more segregated and produce less upward mobility for the Black children who grow up in those communities.

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