Wealth Gap

Prosperity Now teamed up with Bloomberg Philanthropies to create the Black Wealth Data Center to learn more about the state of black wealth at the county level. Marisa Calderon, CEO and President of Prosperity Now, and Harsha Mallajosyula, Data Director at the Black Wealth Data Center, explain how Central Florida counties are faring when it comes to Black wealth.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says 250 years of slavery and 100 years of legalized segregation robbed Black Americans of the ability to accumulate wealth; cash payments would help repair the damage.

Florida saw an increase in the number of “ultra-wealthy” millionaires in 2014.

Victor "Joseph" Doxa was a successful businessman with a six-figure salary and 7,000-square-foot home.Then came the Great Recession.Business dried up, and…