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2024 · Documentary
How Chicago and its suburbs helped devise the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities, and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day.
Episodes
1. The Color Tax58m · Black families paid premium prices and could lose their home for missing a single payment.
2. The Chicago Plan58m · Blacks who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings.
3. A Million in Captivity57m · The CHA initially proposed integrated public housing, but after backlash, maintained segregation.
4. We Found the Enemy and It's Not Us57m · Working-class homeowners on Chicago's west side fought unscrupulous realtors and bank redlining.More Like This
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