The Chicago Plan, Part 1
Episode 2: The Chicago Plan, Part 1
Air Date: April 25, 2024
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Narrated By: Linda Kimbrough | Animation Narrated By: Rufus Williams
Animation By: Nate Ziller
As Social Darwinist thinking spread in the early-20th century, a leading Chicago Improvement Association declared that introducing Blacks into a white community devalued property. Black families who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings.
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