Federal and stat e housing policies in the mid-20th century restricted financial resources to African Americans.
\n\nIn the wa ke of the Great Depression\, the government made mortgages available to ho meowners to stave off a foreclosure crisis and published color-coded maps identifying the loan worthiness of individual neighborhoods across the U.S . Those areas considered high-risk were shaded in red &ndash\; referred to as redlining &ndash\; disproportionately impacting communities of color a nd impeding Black residents from securing mortgage loans. Decades later\, another historically discriminatory movement followed: urban renewal.
\ n\nHistorian \;Donna Rae Pearson \;makes her second appea rance at the Library\, this time examining how these two programs propagat ed residential segregation and changed communities across the nation. She talks about the lingering negative impact of redlining and urban renewal o n today&rsquo\;s communities.
\n\nP earson is curator at the Kansas State Historical Society. Through her cons ultation firm Kitchen Table History\, she researches\, develops\, and pres ents historical scholarship on the Black experience in Kansas.
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