Today marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that marked the beginning of the end of school segregation. On May 17, 1954, the nine justices ...

There is a disconnect between how we think about racial segregation and how we measure it. When people think about segregation, they typically think about the people that live next door to them, in ...

Residential segregation between blacks and whites persists today, even though Congress outlawed overt housing discrimination a half century ago. The most segregated metropolitan areas, though, are not ...

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This language is part of a racially restricted convenant placed on deeds for houses in the Kenwick area when it was first developed in 1909. Lexington The two of us began reading and learning about ...

An “All Are Welcome” yard sign next to a yard sign opposing zoning liberalization in Austin, the irony apparently lost on the homeowner. (Photo by M. Nolan Gray) This is your first of three free ...

Close-up of Milwaukee's residential security map from 1938. “Segregation is not an accident,” according to Reggie Jackson, the head griot for America's Black Holocaust Museum. “There’s this idea that ...

A black woman is directed away from the 'white waiting room' at Jackson, Mississippi, 25th May 1961. She has arrived on the 'Freedom Bus' to protest against the racial segregation of passengers on the ...

It’s difficult for many people to buy a home in Milwaukee, even if they have a stable job. Some of those challenges can be traced back to the discriminatory practice of redlining. Milwaukee ...