How Chicago and its suburbs helped devise the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities, and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day.
Episode 1
Black families paid premium prices and could lose their home for missing a single payment.
Episode 2
Blacks who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings.
Episode 3
The CHA initially proposed integrated public housing, but after backlash, maintained segregation.
Episode 4
Working-class homeowners on Chicago's west side fought unscrupulous realtors and bank redlining.
