Bridging the Gap: A Practical Playbook for Building Black Wealth in America

The racial wealth gap wasn't an accident - it was built through slavery, the destruction of thriving Black communities, a GI Bill that helped build the white middle class while leaving Black veterans behind, and decades of redlining that locked families out of homeownership. Bridging the Gap doesn't look away from that history - and it doesn't stop there. This is a practical, no-nonsense playbook for building real wealth today: seven proven paths (homeownership, entrepreneurship, investing, career advancement, education, and more), real success stories from Madam C.J. Walker to Robert F. Smith, honest financial foundations (credit, debt, emergency funds), and a step-by-step plan you can start using immediately, whatever your starting point. Grounded in real, sourced data. Written for the current generation and the ones coming up behind it - because closing a gap this size takes more than one person crossing it alone.