Redlining

By: Emily Vecchioni Recent efforts to promote the rich cultural heritage of African Americans in Detroit reflect the healing of decades of targeting African American neighborhoods, such as the Black Bottom.

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Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation," in which people of color were purposely excluded from suburbs.

Eighty years after a segregation wall rose in Detroit, America remains divided. That’s not an accident.

Generating a robust economic recovery that facilitates inclusive prosperity, redresses past harms, and advances national climate goals will require reforming federal infrastructure programs, which were not originally designed to meet these objectives.

Segregation in 1970 Just after the 1967 riots, there were still large parts of west and east Detroit that were nearly all white, the vestiges of the housing patterns that were cemented by federal housing policy and local real estate...

Redlining: the racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today.Watch an all-new @Adam Ruins Everything on truTV every Tuesday 10/9C! ...

Image transcription: A History of Racist Federal Housing Policies La-Brina Almeida, Policy Analyst 1933 The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) was established to assist homeowners who were in default on their mortgages and in foreclosure. HOLC created “Residential Security” maps, which documented how various professionals evaluated mortgage lending risk, systematically grading neighborhoods. The grading included … A History of Racist Federal Housing Policies Read More »

Redlining in New Deal America

Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a fellow of the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley). He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America. The book expands upon and provides a national perspective on his recent work that has documented the history of state-sponsored residential segregation, as in his report, The Making of Ferguson. He is the author of Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right (2008) and Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap (2004). He is also the author of The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America’s Student Achievement (1998). Other recent books include The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement (co-authored in 2005); and All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? (co-authored in 2003). He welcomes comments at riroth@epi.org.

In the summer of 1967, the simmering unrest in cities across America exploded. In Detroit, tensions between the police and the African-American community rea...

Detroit's Black population today stands at about 78 percent, the highest proportion of any city in the United States.

Detroit is the most segregated city in America, according to a new study from the Othering and Belonging Institute at the University of…

Major inequities are apparent between white residents and Black residents in Detroit, according to a new report released by Detroit Future City.

Following the fire and violence of 1967, Detroit established itself as the most segregated metro area in the country, with African Americans confined to narrow sections of the city and much of the suburbs a no-go zone. (See a Bridge report on the changes.)

The Mapping Inequality project that has been cataloging “redlining” maps from the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC) and completed this incredible project to match the mortgage …

In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, which made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.

Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation," in which people of color were purposely excluded from suburbs.

In the early 20th century, the federal government categorized neighborhoods, based largely on race, to determine mortgage eligibility. A new site combines the maps — and their revealing backstories.

Redlining in New Deal America

Detroit is truly the comeback city. From booming development and a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem to efforts to reduce crime and blight, the city’s revitalization is a shining example for metropolitan communities across the country. But there is still more work to do. As his first term nears completion, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will reflect on the progress being made in the city and ongoing collaboration needed to ensure all of its citizens benefit from Detroit’s rebirth. Interviewer: Paul W. Smith, Host, WJR NewsTalk 760 AM