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Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation

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Episodes

The Color Tax

58m

1. The Color Tax

Black families paid premium prices and could lose their home for missing a single payment.

The Chicago Plan

58m

2. The Chicago Plan

Blacks who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings.

A Million in Captivity

57m

3. A Million in Captivity

The CHA initially proposed integrated public housing, but after backlash, maintained segregation.

We Found the Enemy and It's Not Us

57m

4. We Found the Enemy and It's Not Us

Working-class homeowners on Chicago's west side fought unscrupulous realtors and bank redlining.

Overview

How Chicago and its suburbs helped devise the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities, and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day.

Details

Genres

Documentary

Language

EN

First Air Date

2024-04-18

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

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Cast

Linda Kimbrough