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Here's how real estate professionals in 1948 perpetuated segregation in DC [View all]
Here’s how real estate professionals in 1948 perpetuated segregation in DC
HISTORY By Neil Flanagan (Contributor) October 14, 2020
This article was first published on November 12, 2015. An August 2020 New York Times article reminded us that some racist and discriminatory practices are hard to dismantle even today, so we wanted to share this piece with you again.
It wasn’t that long ago that DC’s Real Estate Board told agents not to sell homes in white areas to black people. A 1948 report called Segregation in Washington put the discrimination into plain language.
The problem in a picture. All images from the National Committee on Segregation in the Nation’s Capital.
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HISTORY By Neil Flanagan (Contributor) October 14, 2020
This article was first published on November 12, 2015. An August 2020 New York Times article reminded us that some racist and discriminatory practices are hard to dismantle even today, so we wanted to share this piece with you again.
It wasn’t that long ago that DC’s Real Estate Board told agents not to sell homes in white areas to black people. A 1948 report called Segregation in Washington put the discrimination into plain language.
The problem in a picture. All images from the National Committee on Segregation in the Nation’s Capital.
{snip}
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