The Suburbs
‘Segregated By Design’ examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy.
https://www.segregatedbydesign.com/
The Case for Reparations
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
https://www.segregatedbydesign.com/
The Case for Reparations
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
The Disturbing History of the Suburbs | Adam Ruins Everything
Levittown’s
The Dark Side of Suburbia
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/postwar-era/a/the-dark-side-of-suburbia
The Controversial History of Levittown, America’s First Suburb
https://untappedcities.com/2020/07/31/the-controversial-history-of-levittown-americas-first-suburb/
The Racist Origins Of America’s Suburbs And The Story Of The First Black Family To Move In https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-levitt/5
Levittown: The Imperfect Rise of the American Suburbs
https://ushistoryscene.com/article/levittown/
How America’s Jewish ‘king of the suburbs’ kept Blacks out of suburbia
70 years ago, William Levitt completed his first namesake suburb east of New York City. Veterans were encouraged to buy houses on the cheap – unless they were Black
https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-americas-jewish-king-of-the-suburbs-kept-blacks-out-of-suburbia/
Highways
The Wrong Complexion For Protection.' How Race Shaped America's Roadways And Cities
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/05/887386869/how-transportation-racism-shaped-america
How Interstate Highways Gutted Communities—and Reinforced Segregation
https://www.history.com/news/interstate-highway-system-infrastructure-construction-segregation
Historical Shift from Explicit to Implicit Policies Affecting Housing Segregation in Eastern Massachusetts
1950s–1975: Impact of Rte 128 & Rte 49 Suburbs Magnify segregation
https://www.bostonfairhousing.org/timeline/1950s-1975-Suburbs.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/05/887386869/how-transportation-racism-shaped-america
How Interstate Highways Gutted Communities—and Reinforced Segregation
https://www.history.com/news/interstate-highway-system-infrastructure-construction-segregation
Historical Shift from Explicit to Implicit Policies Affecting Housing Segregation in Eastern Massachusetts
1950s–1975: Impact of Rte 128 & Rte 49 Suburbs Magnify segregation
https://www.bostonfairhousing.org/timeline/1950s-1975-Suburbs.html