Black American Equity Institute's primary focus is to conduct research and administer programs centered around the racial, health, educational and wealth disparities experienced by the Black American population in the U.S., with an explicit focus on the wide gaps experienced by the descendants of U.S. chattel slavery  demographic.   Too often, the “big picture” masks critical characteristics of the individual parts.  The “upwardly mobile myth” – the belief that more Black Americans are educated, relatively well off, and thriving – has prevented poorer Black American communities from fully benefitting from state/federal programs and resources available to other vulnerable and underserved communities, therefore  we focus primarily on descendants of Black American Freedmen who reside in the poorest areas and are often homeless, disenfranchised, and underserved in all walks of life.

 

When righting the wrongs of ANY injustice, whether it be political, economic, educational, racial or social, the recompense or remedy must be given out in proportion to the harm done.  Anything less is also an injustice in and of itself. 

 

That is why our mission is to help bring about the fair, just and EQUITABLE treatment of Black Americans through programs and in the following realms: Political, Economical, Educational, Racial and Social.