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Racial segregation in Memphis, Tennessee.
08:34 - 18:39 (10:04)
The Federal Housing Administration, created to help the middle class afford homes, was so committed to segregation that it withheld mortgage insurance from black and white homebuyers who wished to live in an integrated neighborhood. Additionally, in 1866, white police officers and Memphians attacked a black neighborhood, burning churches, schools, raping women, and killing at least 46 people.
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In 1889, a white developer named LZ Eugene Meacham made the surprising decision to sell plots of land to black Americans in a previously all-white neighborhood, providing opportunities for home and land ownership that were previously out of reach for most black Americans at the time.
08:34 - 12:33 (03:58)
Summary
In 1889, a white developer named LZ Eugene Meacham made the surprising decision to sell plots of land to black Americans in a previously all-white neighborhood, providing opportunities for home and land ownership that were previously out of reach for most black Americans at the time.
ChapterRacial segregation in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Even though segregation is no longer legally sanctioned, it is still deeply entrenched in US cities and neighborhoods, as a result of 20th-century policies designed to exclude black Americans from certain spaces.
12:33 - 18:39 (06:06)
Summary
Even though segregation is no longer legally sanctioned, it is still deeply entrenched in US cities and neighborhoods, as a result of 20th-century policies designed to exclude black Americans from certain spaces.