A.D. 2

U.S. Returns To Mo

On July 20 - the 60th anniversary of mankind's first walk on the Moon - the U.S. returns to the Moon with a multinational crew led by an African American astronaut. It intends to form a colony.

1st Black-Owned Fortune 500 Company

For the first time, a black-owned business makes the Fortune 500 list of America's largest industrial corporations. 1619 Technologies, Inc., a privately held tech firm that did not exist five years earlier, reports revenue in excess of $10 billion, easily placing it on the list. Interestingly, at least 40 percent of the company's stock has been set aside for Employee Stock Ownership.

JakhairiK.Nassir ChairmanandCEO 1619Technolgies,Inc

The benefits of the $5 Trillion Green New Deal signed into law in 2025, combined with the phasing out of the internal combustion engine and the resulting reduction in the use of gasoline and increase in alternative energy sources, begins to reverse the damage to the polar ice cap from global warming. Damage from wild weather swings such as severe flooding begins to abate.

Thanks largely to reparations payments, the rise in the minimum wage, and the resulting economic boom, hourly wages of African Americans rise to $25, and for the first time, they achieve parity with whites. Black savings and homeownership also rise dramatically in conjunction with the higher income.