Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life
Writing in the Chicago Defender in 1948, Langston Hughes proclaimed, “If I were marooned on a desert island . . . I
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segregation
A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in early September (2017) that
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The Rise of Green Spaces in Inner Cities
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The double entendre “dark city” has often conveyed and conceptualized
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How Gentrification and Displacement Are Remaking Boston
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. Ask anyone in Boston, “what’s going on in Roxbury?”
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The Connections Between Urban Development and Colonialism
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. “It’s kind of manifest destiny…now the marketplace and the city has
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