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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Rosa Parks' vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies | Bernadette Atuahene

Racist policies—covenants, redlining, urban renewal, predatory lending, and tax administration—systematically blocked Black homeownership and wealth despite economic gains.
Arts
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Theater Review: Portland Playhouse Tells a Story of Community Displacement as Noir

Paradise Blue depicts a 1949 Detroit jazz club threatened by a planned highway, exposing tensions among owner Blue, displaced Black community members, musicians, and newcomer Silver.
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