AP African American Studies / Unit 4: Movements and Debates

4.5 Redlining and Housing Discrimination

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Notes

Redlining (1930s maps by the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation) marked Black neighborhoods as risky, denying loans. Restrictive covenants and discrimination kept neighborhoods segregated and built a racial wealth gap. The Fair Housing Act (1968) banned housing discrimination.

Practice

Redlining denied:

The Fair Housing Act was passed in:

Housing discrimination contributed to:

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