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E1 58 min

1. The Color Tax

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

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E2 58 min

2. The Chicago Plan

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

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E3 57 min

3. A Million in Captivity

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

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E4 57 min

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

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

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Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation (2024)

0.0 (0) 1 Season 2024-04-18 US

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.

Genres: Documentary

Stars: Linda Kimbrough