Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday

White Generational Wealth

Black/African American Generational Wealth

1945 - 1968

Major events include, but are not limited to: The Post War United States, The Civil Rights Movement, Arts and Entertainment begin to soar, The Presidential Election of 1960 and the Assassination of 1963 (John F Kennedy), the first Super Bowl is held, LGBTQ Activism rises.

1968 - Present

The first man from the United States walks on the moon. 9/11 happens and the Twin Towers fall to the ground. The first handheld mobile phone was demonstrated in New York City. The first computer that came with a graphical user interface and a mouse was released.

1945 - 1968

The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most major events in Black History. The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws still limit the growth in black generational wealth. Malcolm X is assassinated. Brown v. Board of Education puts an end to segregation in public schools, but not discrimination. Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman.

1968 - Present

With the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Black Americans were devastated, hopeless, angered, defeated, and pained. Widespread violence erupted throughout the United States. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman, is elected to congress. Rodney King is beat to death by police officers. His death, a symbol of racial profiling, is just the start of many more to come. Lynching is finally made a federal hate crime in the United States in 2022. Other incidents during this time period that helped to halt the growth of black generational wealth include, but are not limited to: School to Prison Pipeline, Voter Suppression, Enviornmental Injustice, Mass Incarceration, Data Aggregation, Devaluation of homes in Black neighborhoods, "Liquor stores on every corner", Political Disempowerment, Shortened Lifespan, and Casual Pathways for Health Damages.