“According to Beatty, the Congressional Black Caucus will serve as a watchdog to make sure Black people and communities of color get their fair share.

The infrastructure legislation also sets aside billions of dollars to right some of the wrongs created in the 1950s and 1960s, when highways were expanded, breaking up some neighborhoods, many of them in African-American communities. But some critics of the law said the decisions on how to spend much of the money will be left up to the states. They argue that some states may not share Biden’s vision.”