Black Demographics w/Akiim

A College Degree Doesn’t Shield Everyone Equally.

2024 gap among Black & White grads: < 1 point.
2025: nearly doubled.
White grads barely moved.
Black grads hit 6.0% mid-year.

When conditions tighten, disparities widen.

blackdemographics.com | Black Data Since 2007

There was an issue with the data for White unemployment populating

Confidence in Trump’s ethics has declined across several religious groups.

White evangelicals, White Catholics, Hispanics, and the religiously unaffiliated all show notable drops.

Black Protestants stand out for consistency

Source: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Trump's agenda approval is down across most religious groups compared with a year ago.

One pattern stands out: Black Protestants (Black non-Catholics) remain the least supportive and the most stable over time.

Source: Pew Research Center www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Opening graphic from The Georgia Negro (1900).

A data-driven study by W. E. B. Du Bois using charts and maps to document Black life in Georgia as a case study of the United States.

Nearly 2 million acres of land were owned by Black Georgians by 1900, just one generation after slavery. Then came Jim Crow and discriminatory policies which systematically dismantled that progress.

This map was created by W. E. B. Du Bois for the Paris Exposition.

History of the Black Population in the United States since 1790

More: blackdemographics.com/population/

A majority of Black households rent, and most are rent-burdened (spending 30%+ of income on housing).
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Big contrast in U.S. population change (2020–2024):
• Black gain: +1.72M (60% net immigration, 40% births–deaths)
• White loss: −2.15M (births–deaths −3.27M, net immigration +1.13M cushioning the decline)

The majority (62%) of first-time Black mothers were married or living with a partner (cohabiting) when they gave birth.

The unemployment gap between Black and White women surged 153% since January 2025 as the job market tightened around Black women.
December numbers drop Friday. Watching closely.
blackdemographics.com/black-unempl...

Since Jan 2025, the Black–White men unemployment gap expanded ~22%.
That’s not improvement — it’s widening inequality.
December jobs report out Friday.
blackdemographics.com/black-unempl...

🧵 10/10 Help Complete the project
These stories deserve to be told.

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🧵 9/10 This Is How It Happened

Abdul Rahman’s story shows how millions ended up on slave ships.

It was a cycle:
• War
• Demand for captives
• Guns traded for slaves

Most Black Americans today descend from people trapped in that system; victims, royalty, soldiers, farmers-

🧵 8/10 To the U.S. South

He landed in New Orleans and was sold in Natchez, Mississippi to Thomas Foster for $930.

Like him, many came from Upper Guinea and Senegambia, including Fula, Mandinka (Mandingo), Bambara, Susu, and Yalunka, 35%+ of Africans brought to North America.

🧵 7/10 The Ambush

In 1788, Abdul Rahman was ambushed while escorting captives.

He was wounded, captured, and sold, along with 50 of his own soldiers.

He later boarded the slave ship The Africa, which carried 170 captives bound for the Americas.

The prince became cargo.

🧵 6/10 His Job: Escort the Enslaved

By his 20s, he was leading 2,000 mounted soldiers.

He protected supply lines and escorted war captives toward coastal forts.

He worked the same pipeline that would bring many Black Americans to South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana.

🧵5/10 Why the Trade Grew

Captives weren’t just sold.

They were exchanged for guns.

European muskets and gunpowder made the next battle easier.

Slavery, warfare, and weapons became a cycle.

Abdul Rahman helped guard that cycle… until it turned on him.

🧵4/10  They Enslaved Others

Abdul Rahman’s father led a holy war that targeted non-Muslim groups like the Yalunka, Susu, and Mandinka

Soldiers who surrendered became war captives

As European hunger for enslaved labor grew, more and more captives were taken to meet the demand

🧵 3/10 – State Built on War

Futa Jallon was founded in 1725 through a Fulani jihād.

Under Abdul Rahman’s father (1751–1784), it became a powerful Islamic state

This was the peak of African exports from Upper Guinea.

Captives were marched to the coast- many bound for the U.S.

🧵 2/10  The Royal Setup

Abdul Rahman was born in 1762 in Timbuktu, raised in Fouta Jallon (now Guinea).

His father became ruler in a new Islamic state there.

As a boy, he studied in Timbuktu. Fluent in Arabic, Fula, Yalunka, Mandinka, Bambara.

Student - prince - soldier

How did an African prince end up on a slave ship to New Orleans?

And, how did the ancestors of Black Americans get caught in war, betrayal, and trade?

The story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, a Fulani prince who brought captives to the coast 

Until he became one.
🧵 A Thread

BLK Dating App Says These Are The Top 10 Cities For Black Singles Ahead Of Cuffing Season | Essence Houston, Chicago, and New York landed spots at the top of the list for Black singles to find love and community.

BLK’s 2025 top cities for Black singles:
1) Houston
2) Chicago
3) New York
4) Charlotte
5) DC
6) Baltimore
7) Atlanta
8) Detroit
9) Philadelphia
10) Dallas
Cincinnati landed at the bottom
Full Article w/details via ESSENCE: www.essence.com/lifestyle/ci...

Unemployment for Black women is catching up to Black men while unemployment for White women is down

Black women are the hardest hit.

2025 Jobless Divide: The Gap for Black Women Is Widening - BlackDemographics.com Bottom line: In 2025, the unemployment rate for Black women has risen sharply while the rate for White women has stayed low. The gap grew from 1.7 percentage points in January to 4.0 points in August....

More: blackdemographics.com/2025-jobless...

New: The jobless gap for Black women widened in 2025.
Unemployment Rate: Jan→Aug:
Black women 5.4% → 7.5%
White women 3.7% → 3.5%
Gap: 1.7 → 4.0 percentage points

Read: blackdemographics.com/2025-jobless...

6/6 - Key practices in the Second Middle Passage:
-Auctions posted with legal language.
-People categorized by origin, skill, work experience.
-Financial chain connecting Southern markets to Northern banks, mills, refineries.
The largest US forced migration in early U.S. history.

5/6– This auction lists enslaved people relocated from Alabama to New Orleans, a common east-to-west route.
The expansion of cotton in Alabama and Mississippi supplied Northern industry and international trade, making these auctions part of a national economic system.