The original HOLC map of New Orleans. In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the U.S. government set out to evaluate the riskiness of mortgages — and left behind a stunning portrait of the racism ...
An online archive released this week highlights how rampant discrimination in Chicago home loans in the 1930s are“still being felt today.” Researchers from Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins University, ...
Documents and a map show examples of redlining in Boston in the "Undesign the Redline: the Transformation of Race, Place, and Class in America" exhibit at the Boston Architectural College. (Jesse ...
In the early 20th century, the federal government categorized neighborhoods, based largely on race, to determine mortgage eligibility. A new site... In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the U.S.
In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the U.S. government set out to evaluate the riskiness of mortgages — and left behind a stunning portrait of the racism and discrimination that has shaped ...
In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the U.S. government set out to evaluate the riskiness of mortgages — and left behind a stunning portrait of the racism and discrimination that has shaped ...
A great deal has been written about “redlining,” which was the practice of denying loans to certain areas of cities based, in part, on race. Not surprisingly, areas that were redlined declined, ...