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» A BRIEF HISTORY OF DETROIT'S BLACK BOTTOM NEIGHBORHOOD RogueHAA - 0 views

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US History detroit African American History segregation Urban History 20th Century

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  • Eric Beckman on 09 Aug 13
     
    from an exhibit this includes a timeline of the historic black neighborhood in Detroit that was overcrowded and than destroyed by urban renewal and highway construction
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Mapping Decline | Colin Gordon | The University of Iowa - 0 views

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US History segregation Urban History 20th Century St. Louis African American History

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  • This web project accompanies the book Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City (PennPress, 2008). It presents four interactive series of maps, each touching on a major theme developed in the book
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Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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US History post-war America housing Racism Inequality

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    NYT article on a study from the Urban Institute
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"No Irish Need Apply": A Myth of Victimization - Richard J. Jensen - Journal of Social ... - 0 views

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Irish Immigration whiteness nativism

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  • No one has ever seen one of these NINA signs because they were extremely rare or nonexistent.
  • The NINA slogan seems to have originated in England, probably after the 1798 Irish rebellion. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries it was used by English to indicate their distrust of the Irish, both Catholic and Protestant.
  • Eric Beckman on 01 Dec 11
     
    Turns out I have perpetuated an urban myth. Int
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The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit - 0 views

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US History detroit segregation post-war America

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    Lots of images of urban decay in Detroit. Fabulous archicture in ruins. Views can take virtual tours of Detroit. Striking photos.
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Race Maps of US Cities (66 pics) - 0 views

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US History Urban History segregation post-war America

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  • Eric Beckman on 24 May 13
     
    Shows continuing racial segregation and concentration in American Cities.  Check out Detroit!
Eric Beckman

T-RACES: Testbed for the Redlining Archives of California's Exclusionary Spaces - 1 views

salt.unc.edu/T-RACES

US History segregation New Deal post-war America Urban History whiteness

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    Useful looking resource with images of the original "redlining" maps from the 1930s.  These maps created the practice and the term redlining.  Has HOLC A-D graded areas imposed on present day maps for cities in California and North Carolinia.
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The 10 most segregated urban areas in America | Slide Show - Salon.com - 0 views

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US History post-war America segregation

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  • Eric Beckman on 09 Feb 13
     
    Study of racial segregation using 2010 census data.  Rust belt cities dominate, Milwaukee is #1
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