E27: Segregation By Design

Architect and urban planner Adam Susaneck joins Melony and Derek for a vivid examination of the profound impact urban planning has had on Black communities in the United States, from Jim Crow to the New Deal and into modern times. Using the histories of Miami and Los Angeles as the primary examples, they explore how informal practices to divide cities by race hardened to become permanent, real-world features that reshaped U.S. cities in the 20th century and still impact metropolitan areas today.

RESOURCES

Links

• National Museum of African American History and Culture: https://nmaahc.si.edu/
• Segregation By Design: https://www.segregationbydesign.com/ 
  
• Los Angeles, before and after the I-110: https://www.segregationbydesign.com/los-angeles/harbor-freeway-i110
  
• Academic Roots of Redlining: https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/108/1/42/6295167?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Books

• A World More Concrete, NDB Connolly: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo8787511.html
  
• Dividing Lines, Deborah Archer: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092148
  
• The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein: https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Color-of-Law/
  
• The Power Broker, Robert Caro: https://www.robertcaro.org/the-power-broker