The descendants of residents of Linnentown, a once-thriving historically Black neighborhood in Athens, Ga., come together to preserve the memory of the neighborhood. Their family homes were razed in a 1960s urban renewal project. Now they, along with civic-minded neighbors, unite to try to reclaim forgotten history.
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Why Are Schools Still Segregated? The Broken Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
The history of racial integration in public schools, and what happened after the buses stopped rolling.
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A New Housing Program to Fight Poverty Has an Unexpected History
Some cities are trying to help poor children succeed by having their families move to middle-income, so-called “opportunity areas” – an idea that was once politically impossible.
