Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Gas shortages and deindustrialization hit many Americans hard during #TheSeventies.

It was also during this time that the racial wealth gap increased and the number of black homes without male wage earners rose from 22% in 1960 to 35% in 1975. Watch the full 34-minute video on patreon!

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