As you enter into the Urbanization unit, why not have students learn how maps were used to achieve demure segregation using the HOLC maps of the 1930’s? This is a […]
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Tag: white-flight
ILLUSTRATED PRIMER: Residential & Commercial Segregation
I finally finished my Covid lockdown project. I’m glad to finally clear this one from my plate, though I am proud of the finished product. CLICK HERE TO READ! There […]
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Video: Crisis in Levittown
The Black upper middle-class Myers family moves into all-white Levittown, PA in August, 1957, and are snubbed and mistreated, in this powerful landmark documentary showcasing racism in the United States. […]
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Article via AllThat’sInteresting: The Racist Origins Of America’s Suburbs And The Story Of The First Black Family To Move In
The Racist Origins Of America’s Suburbs And The Story Of The First Black Family To Move In Excerpt: Bill Myers had seen the promise splashed across newspapers and magazines around […]
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VIDEO: The Disturbing History of the Suburbs via Adam Ruins Everything
If you’re looking for a way to explain the long lasting effects of systemic racism (at least in terms of housing and poverty), watch the Adam Ruins Everything episode clip […]
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NEWS via Mlive.com: ‘I used to live here’: Saginaw’s Steep Population Drop hits Neighborhoods
Keyterms: Population Geography, urbanization, deindustrialization, out-migration, white-flight, redlining, push factors, Urban Geography, Economic Geography, Development, Blight, Industry, Manufacturing, secondary economic activity. (¯`·._.·(¯`·._.·(¯`·._.· Article Below ·._.·´¯)·._.·´¯)·._.·´¯) ‘I used to live here’: […]
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