The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is one of the nation's premier research and public policy institutions and the only one whose work focuses exclusively on issues of particular concern to African Americans and other people of color. For over three decades, our research and information programs have informed and influenced public opinion and national policy to benefit not only African Americans, but every American. Read about Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh and The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ asset-building efforts at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development’s Experts of Color Directory