The Black Agenda
Bold Solutions for a Broken System
From ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact Covid-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness to the deep-rootedness of racism and White supremacy in every facet of American life.
Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is the first book of its kind—a bold and urgent move toward social justice through a profound collection of essays featuring Black scholars and experts across economics, education, health, climate, and technology.
It speaks to the question “What’s next for America?” on the subjects of policy-making, mental health, artificial intelligence, climate movement, the future of work, the LGBTQ community, the criminal legal system, and much more.
Essayists including Dr. Sandy Darity, Dr. Hedwig Lee, Mary Heglar, and Janelle Jones present groundbreaking ideas ranging from Black maternal and infant health to reparations to AI bias to inclusive economic policy, with the potential to uplift and heal not only Black America, but the entire country.
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is an award-winning researcher, entrepreneur, and author hailing from Ghana and Maryland. She is the cofounder of The Sadie Collective (www.sadiecollective.org), the only nonprofit organization addressing the underrepresentation of Black women in economics, finance, and policy.
