The State of Progress for Black Americans.

The Headway team is exploring historical moments of progress toward racial equity for Black Americans since the beginning of the 20th century and looking forward to their lessons and legacies in the present day. They are following trails left by scholars commissioned by Columbia University to explore the persistence of racial inequality in five core aspects of life in the U.S. In each of these areas, they are looking for moments when Black communities made notable advancements toward racial equity and asking how we’re building on or learning from those advances today. The issue Headway has covered most is housing insecurity, and Black people compose 40 percent of those experiencing homelessness in the U.S., despite being only 13 percent of the population.