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The Black History Behind the Country’s Oldest Women’s Center

May 3, 2021June 5, 2021 Say Burgin feminism, housing

This spring, the Cambridge Women’s Center, the US’s oldest women’s center, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Public commemorations included press attention

‘Race For Profit’: An Author’s Response

March 12, 2021March 19, 2021 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor #RaceForProfit, housing, Racial Capitalism

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit.’ Dr. Taylor will be in conversation with Dr. Davarian

Redlining, Predatory Inclusion, and Housing Segregation

March 10, 2021March 19, 2021 Paige Glotzer #AAIHSRoundtable, #RaceForProfit, economic history, housing, race, racism, segregation, urban history

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ From the presidential debates to anti-racist reading lists,

The Roots of Racial and Spatial Inequality

March 9, 2021March 19, 2021 Kimberley S. Johnson #AAIHSRoundtable, #RaceForProfit, capitalism, class, economic history, housing, race, racism, segregation, white supremacy

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ The cover of Businessweek’s February 13, 2013 issue

The American Dream and the Urban Crisis

March 8, 2021March 19, 2021 Julia Rabig #RaceForProfit, Black women, capitalism, civil rights, economic history, Gender, housing, race, racism, segregation, urban history

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ For decades, historians have chronicled manifestations of systemic

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