Unit Theme: "American neighborhood" - exploring community, redlining, housing in America post-WWII, segregated housing, intersectionality and theories of gender/race politics, and national identity.
Coverage: 1887 - present
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Coverage: 1850 - present
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Coverage: 1886 - present
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Keeping Races in Their Places tells the story of these lines--who drew them, why they drew them, where they drew them, and how they continue to circumscribe residents' opportunities to this very day. Weaving together sophisticated statistical analyses of more than a century's worth of data with an engaging, accessible narrative that brings the numbers to life, Keeping Races in Their Places exposes the entrenched effects of redlining on American communities.