segregation

The Lasting Impact of America’s Segregated Public Pools
A kid jumps off a diving board into a public swimming pool.

The Lasting Impact of America’s Segregated Public Pools

A group of Black boys were criminalized for breaking into a public pool, echoing a history of banning Black people from public swimming spaces.

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2384 1340 Nicole Cardoza
How Wade-Ins Helped Desegregate the Country
White beachgoers watch Black Civil Rights demonstrator at Fort Lauderdale's segregated public beach.

How Wade-Ins Helped Desegregate the Country

Unequal access to public beaches and pools spurred a form of civil disobedience called wade-ins that would help desegregate the country.

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1186 800 Dominique Stewart
How Plessy v. Ferguson Relates to Today’s Struggles
A Black man taking stairs to the colored entrance of movie house.

How Plessy v. Ferguson Relates to Today’s Struggles

De facto residential segregation is increasing today, creating segregated hospitals, schools, and transportation systems—the very things permitted by Plessy v. Ferguson.

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2400 1600 Andrew Lee
Reflecting on the Fair Housing Act
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Reflecting on the Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Act broke down barriers in the housing market, but over a century of discriminatory practices continue to linger.

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2400 1800 Dominique Stewart
The Myth of the “Great Equalizer”
A closeup of a child's hand as they do math work on grid paper with a red pencil.

The Myth of the “Great Equalizer”

Vast disparities in public school funding make the educational system a catalyst for inequality, not a guaranteed out from a “cycle of poverty.”

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4608 3456 Andrew Lee
The Cost of Being Unbanked and Underbanked
A hand with manicured fingers passes a credit card to another hand with a watch on its wrist at an underbanked and unbanked location.

The Cost of Being Unbanked and Underbanked

Unbanked and underbanked neighborhoods are predominately Black and Latinx. Discriminatory banking practices prevent economic mobility by charging higher banking fees and services.

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4608 3456 Dominique Stewart
America’s Failure to Integrate Hospitals
A person in medical scrubs stands in a hallway.

America’s Failure to Integrate Hospitals

Racial segregation in U.S. hospitals is still prevalent, with many hospitals significantly underserving or overserving communities of color.

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2400 1600 Judith Garber
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