Black Urban History

CFP: Public Housing in Black America

In 1910, Baltimore became the first city in America to legalize residential segregation when Mayor J. Barry Mahool signed a

In the recent documentary “South to Black Power,” Charles Blow reaffirms his previous call for a “Second Great Migration.” His

In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates

In A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago, author E. James West explores the

On November 2, 1914, twenty eight-year-old James H. Teagle, the “colored” chauffeur for Philadelphia City Controller John Walton, left his