We Built This: The Black Economic Foundations of America

Black labor wasn’t just part of America’s foundation—it was the foundation. Enslaved people powered the cotton economy, built the railroads, and made billionaires before they had freedom. Even after emancipation, systems like sharecropping and redlining kept Black wealth out while extracting Black labor in.

And still, they built.
Black Wall Streets. Patents. Businesses. Culture.

So when we say, “We built this,” it’s not a metaphor. It’s a receipt.