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Andre M. Perry

Andre M. Perry
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.


Beyond Institutions: Why Black Empowerment Must Bridge the Opportunity Gap

Andre M. Perry on the Ongoing Struggle For Racial, Social and Economic Justice in America
April 14, 2025  By Andre M. Perry
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