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Historically, Black Americans’ quest for power has been understood as an attempt to gain equal protections under the law. But power in America requires more than basic democratic freedoms. It is inextricably linked with economic influence and ownership—of one’s self, home, business, and creations.

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, _Black Power Scorecard _moves across the country, evaluating people’s ability to set the rules of the game and calculating how that translates into the ultimate means of power—life itself, and the longevity of Black communities. Along the way, Perry identifies woefully overlooked areas of investment that could close the racial gap and benefit everyone.

An expansive take on power supported by documentation and data, _Black Power Scorecard _is a fresh contribution to the country’s reckoning with structural inequality, one that offers a new approach to redressing it.

Andre M. Perry is the author of 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. He lives in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Lisa Snowden is Editor-in-Chief and cofounder of Baltimore Beat, a digital and print-based news product based in Baltimore City. At Baltimore Beat, Lisa uses decades of experience as a reporter and in leadership to help re-imagine a new approach to news and storytelling. Previously, she was an editor at Baltimore City Paper, The Baltimore Sun, and The Real News Network.