Racial segregation in public schools and the controversial concept of "separate but equal" were unanimously declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court on this day in history, May 17, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — As a child, Linda Davis and her mother broke clay pots over the gravesites of their ancestors, allowing the flowers in them to take root. When she returned to Brooklyn Cemetery in ...

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In early 1926, Cafritz Construction placed an advertisement in The Washington Post celebrating the speed with which their “Life-time Homes” were selling in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Part I. Ancestries : Seventy centuries of city-splitting : Before race mattered ; The long shadow of the Ziggurat ; Segregating strangers ; Scapegoat ghettos ; Quarters for classes, crafts, clans, ...

ATHENS, Texas (KLTV) - It is the end of a new beginning for a school that opened in the city of Athens in 1955, but its history is not being erased. The R.C. Fisher school in Athens will soon be ...

Segregation is a common tale in American cities — most practiced discrimination in housing loans and urban renewal — but at the same time, every town has its own unique narratives. After the Civil War ...

Leah Rothstein is full of remedies for housing segregation, many of which she includes in her new book, Just Action. The housing policy expert and former community organizer co-authored the book with ...

Visit an exhibit exploring the history of segregated pools. Dive into the murky waters of segregated pools & how they impacted generations of African Americans. Visit an exhibit at the Fairmount ...

“The occupational segregation and income inadequacy rampant across our state today is the direct consequence of policies that have intentionally excluded and marginalized people of color and women and ...

Rose Hill Cemetery is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places for local significance in the areas of Ethnic Heritage/Black and Social History for its association with racial segregation ...