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Segregating America's Neighborhoods

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Segregating America's Neighborhoods

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Segregating America's Neighborhoods

After WWII, white Americans flocked to the suburbs thanks to government- backed housing loans and other subsidies, many of which were systematically denied black families. To learn how government policies and private practices combined to further segregate America’s neighborhoods after the war, along with the consequences for family wealth accumulation, take a look above at the segment of California Newsreel’s pioneering series, RACE-The Power of an Illusion.

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