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Richmond, California

This city was a west coast ship-building center that housed war workers but built permanent housing for whites and shoddy housing for blacks.

Public Works Administration (PWA)

This was a Depression-era federal government organization devoted to building public housing.

1940 Lanham Act

This was a pre-World War II law that financed housing for workers in defense industries, and retained a requirement for segregation.

Hamburg, South Carolina

This town was the site of a violent suppression of African-Americans, with 500 people in a “gun club” murdering 50 African-Americans, to keep them from voting.

Buchanan v. Warley

This was a Supreme Court decision that struck down racial zoning ordinances in Kentucky.

Shelley v. Kraemer

This was a 1948 court case in which the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the racially restrictive covenant were unconstitutional if they involved the courts’ participation in enforcing segregation.

Blockbusting

This is the practice of creating fear...

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