OppressionJune 13, 1933

Redlining is institutionalized

Federal housing agencies map Black neighborhoods as "hazardous," denying them loans for generations.

Resources

Digitized 1930s redlining maps with the original appraisals.

A landmark essay connecting slavery, redlining, and the wealth gap.

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations, the links rarely drawn together.

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Mass Incarceration
Disinvestment concentrated poverty that later policing and prisons targeted.

Disinvestment concentrated poverty that later policing and prisons targeted.