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Black History Month: Creating environments of belonging

Camille Busette and
Camille Busette Headshot
Camille Busette Interim Vice President and Director - Governance Studies, Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

Fred Dews
Fred Dews Managing Editor, New Digital Products - Office of Communications

February 1, 2019

Brandon Stanard, 24, a student at Lincoln University, recites Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech to a gathering crowd at the base of a statue of the civil rights leader at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Allison Shelley TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1FB437CDE0

Camille Busette, senior fellow and director of the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings, illuminates Brookings scholars’ research during Black History Month, with a focus on building more inclusive economies, addressing structural inequities, and understanding issues surrounding race and civic engagement.

Also in this episode, in his Economic Update, Senior Fellow David Wessel examines the question, should we be concerned about rising federal deficits?

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Camille Busette Headshot
Camille Busette Interim Vice President and Director - Governance Studies, Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

Fred Dews Managing Editor, New Digital Products - Office of Communications
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