The Gentlemen's Agenda
The Gentlemen's Agenda is a living data platform tracking where Black men stand across four dimensions that shape a life — wellness, work & wages, wealth and voice — built from federal data the government already collects but rarely publishes side by side. The Agenda is our diagnosis. Human Development is our response.
A Black boy born today will live 70.3 years. A white boy born the same day will live 76.0 years. The Gentlemen's Agenda is a platform for the years he's owed — a living dashboard built from federal data the government already collects but rarely publishes side by side, including more than 72,000 searchable corporate EEO-1 filings.
Built in partnership with Gentlemen's Factory and the Black Dollar Initiative, it tracks where Black men stand across four dimensions that shape a life.
The State of Black Men in America
A data-centered examination of where Black men stand across critical indicators of human and economic development — the research study underlying the Agenda's four pillars.
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Where this data shows up in our programming.
Gentlemen's Factory doesn't just publish this data — we design programs in response to it.
Read more on our Research & Insights platform, or explore the full Human Development framework this data informs.