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The Great Debate: Redlining Black History Lessons
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- Entertainment News
Redlining is one of the myriad ways blacks experienced discrimination in the housing market. This year marks the 105th anniversary of the Great Migration in Chicago, where hundreds of thousands of Black Americans left the South for better opportunities. When they arrived, they were confined to the Black Belt on the South Side. Even as overcrowded conditions cramped black families, a host of real estate policies prevented them from moving to white areas.
Redlining is one of the myriad ways blacks experienced discrimination in the housing market. This year marks the 105th anniversary of the Great Migration in Chicago, where hundreds of thousands of Black Americans left the South for better opportunities. When they arrived, they were confined to the Black Belt on the South Side. Even as overcrowded conditions cramped black families, a host of real estate policies prevented them from moving to white areas.
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