America's Berlin Walls Reprise

America had its own versions of the Berlin Wall, in fact there are twenty-six existing, demolished or planned segregation walls, fences, road barricades/closures, and buffer strips in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia built between white and Black/African American neighborhoods as late as the 1970’s. Known as segregation walls, these barricades were erected by cities, neighborhood developers, and the like with the express purpose of keeping Black/African Americans out of exclusively white home sites. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they reprise a virtual driving tour of America’s segregation walls. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry

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A Nation of Walls — Design Trust for Public Space

A Nation of Walls

A storm destroyed part of the 'segregation wall' in Arlington, Virginia

Atlanta's "Berlin Wall"

Chicago's Wall: Race, Segregation and the Chicago Housing Authority

Detroit segregation wall still stands, a stark reminder of racial divisions nbcnews.com

Detroiturbex.com - The 8 Mile Wall

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Loewen, James, Touchstone, 2006

Members Only: Gated Communities and Residential Segregation in the Metropolitan United States

Perspective | Not far from the White House stands another wall, one that divided blacks from whites

PEYTON, HARLAN AND WILLIS Proposed Community Stabilization Plan