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
Nicole Cardoza
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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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History Media & Culture Neighborhoods Race & Ethnicity
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
Dominique Stewart
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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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History Social Justice Social Movements & Activism
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
Andrew Lee
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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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Criminal Legal System History Politics Social Justice Supreme Court
2400 1600 Andrew Lee
Reflecting on the Fair Housing Act
An aerial view of a neighborhood.

Reflecting on the Fair Housing Act
Dominique Stewart
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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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History Neighborhoods Politics
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”
Andrew Lee
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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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Education
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
Dominique Stewart
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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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Money
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
Judith Garber
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Racial segregation in U.S. hospitals is still prevalent, with many hospitals significantly underserving or overserving communities of color.

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Health
2400 1600 Judith Garber
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