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Undesign the Redline Videos

The Rise of Black Glenville

Glenville is a predominantly African American Community in Cleveland, Ohio. Beauty, protest, and activism characterize the neighborhood, especially 1950-1960. This video includes stories from five individuals who lived in Glenville during the 50’s and 60’s to help bring awareness to the vast history of Glenville. The short documentary is a part of a digital exhibition, blackglenville.org

The Segregation Myth:
Richard Rothstein

This video introduces how Richard Rothstein debunks common thinking, detailing how racial segregation in every metropolitan area in the United States was created by racially explicit government policy. The video explores how redlining was designed to create racial boundaries, and it can be engaged in introducing redlining and the ideas of Richard Rothstein to unfamiliar audiences.

Andrew Kahrl:
"The Black Tax"

This video explores the themes in Andrew Kahrl’s book “The Black Tax”. Kahrl exposes the painful history of these practices, from Reconstruction up to the present, describing how discrimination continues to take new forms, even as people continue to fight for their rights, their assets, and their power. This resource can be engaged if you want an introduction to Kahrl’s book and want to better understand the extreme economic disadvantages and persistent racial inequalities that African American households continue to face.

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