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"Set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, Redlined exposes the racist lending rules that refuse mortgages to anyone in areas with even one black resident. As blacks move deeper into Chicago's West Side during the 1960s, whites flee by the thousands. But Linda Gartz's parents, Fred and Lil choose to stay in their integrating neighborhood, overcoming previous prejudices as they meet and form friendships with their African American neighbors. The community sinks into increasing poverty and crime after two race riots destroy its once vibrant business district, but Fred and Lil…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2018She Writes Press · 9781631523212
- Other · English · 2018317 pages · 9781631523205
Race relationsFamilySocial conditionsHousingAfrican AmericansBiographyHistoryAfrican americans, housing






