Dividing Lines: Chapter 1 of 3

The most beautiful neighborhood has racially restrictive covenants | Dividing Lines (1/3)
In the twisted logic of segregationist developers, racially restrictive covenants were key to building neighborhoods in the land of the free.
Dividing Lines is a tour of the history of racially restrictive covenants, redlining, and blockbusting: how they created residential segregation and continue to have far-reaching impacts. For optimized playback on mobile or VR headset, use this version of the video: • VR - Dividing Lines: C... - VR MOBILE version of Chapter 1. This video is optimized for playback on a laptop or desktop computer.
Residential segregation and the racial wealth gap didn’t just happen through some automatic human instinct or by chance. Individual actions in tandem with state and federal policies created our current unequal reality.
By highlighting the history of segregation in Kansas City, Dividing Lines sheds light on the governmental policies and individual actions which decimated Black neighborhoods all over the United States.
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dividinglines.j... expands this learning experience by comparing the history of Kansas City to that of St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Birmingham.
RaceProject KC website:
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Johnson County Library Homepage:
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