American Community Survey "The American Community Survey helps local officials, community leaders and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed information about the American people and workforce."
Black Lives Matter "The [BLM] Global Network is as powerful as it is because of our membership, our partners, our supporters, our staff, and you. Our continued commitment to liberation for all Black people means we are continuing the work of our ancestors and fighting for our collective freedom because it is our duty."
Explore Census Data "Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about your community."
Human Rights Watch, "Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. We are roughly 450 people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. We direct our advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. To ensure our independence, we refuse government funding and carefully review all donations to ensure that they are consistent with our policies, mission, and values. We partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims.
Metropolitan Council "the regional policy-making body, planning agency, and provider of essential services for the Twin Cities metropolitan region."
Minnesota Compass "Measuring progress. Inspiring action."
Minnesota's Immigrants "Explore the stories of the people who have immigrated to Minnesota."
Minnesota State Demographic Center "(SDC), part of the Minnesota Department of Administration, is the main provider of demographic data and analysis for the state of Minnesota."
NACo County Explorer County level data from the National Association of Counties.
Pew Research Center "a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions."
Race Forward "Race Forward Research conducts cutting edge, original and broadly accessible research on pressing racial justice issues focused on the significance of race to social and economic outcomes in our society. "
RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.
Umbra Search "makes African American history more broadly accessible...digitization of African American materials across University of Minnesota collections, and brings together hundreds of thousands of digitized materials from over 1,000 libraries and archives across the country.
White House.gov report on "Advancing Equity and Racial Justice through the Federal Government."
Consider other government agencies might collect data and have research on systemic inequality? (Center for Disease Control, National Institute of Health, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, etc. )