CURRICULUM

The Redress Movement's base of resources divided into modules.

MODULE ONE: RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE

  • NPR's Planet Money “How Jacob Loud’s Land Was Lost” (2021). Podcast.
  • FiveThirtyEight, “The Lasting Legacy of Redlining” (2022). Article.
  • “Blockbusting in Baltimore” (1970). Archival footage.
  • NPR’s All Things Considered, “Black Homebuyers Today Pay an Unequal Price” (2021). Podcast.
  • Netflix’s Explained, “The Racial Wealth Gap” (2020). Video.
  • Brookings Institution, “The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods: The Case of Residential Property” (2018). Research Report.

MODULE TWO: DISPLACEMENT

  • Michigan Radio’s Stateside, “1943 Race Riots Paved the Way for Detroit’s Civil Rights Movement” (2018). Podcast.
  • PBS, “City Within a City: When Pretty Soon Runs Out” (1968). Archival video.
  • Economic Policy Institute, “Race and Public Housing: Revisiting the Federal Role” (2017). Article.
  • Mother Jones, “Foreclosures Are Fueling America’s Wealth Gap” (2021). Article.
  • Bloomberg CityLab, “Small Businesses Are Victims of Gentrification, Too” (2021). Article.
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MODULE THREE: UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

  • New York Times, “Detailed Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life” (2018). Article.
  • Vox, “Does My Neighborhood Determine My Future?” (2021). Video.
  • NPR’s Shots, “In U.S. Cities, the Health Effects of Past Housing Discrimination Are Plain to See” (2020). Podcast.
  • ArcGIS Story Maps, “The American System: How Police Enforce Segregation” (2019). Interactive article.
  • NPR’s CodeSwitch, “A Tale of Two School Districts” (2019). Podcast.
  • Governing, “Why Black Neighborhoods Continue to Struggle” (2021). Article.

MODULE FOUR: EXCLUSION

  • Jim Crow of the North (2018, video).
  • There Goes the Neighborhood by WNYC Studios (2016-2019, podcast).
  • KQED's SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America, "The Racist History of Single-Family Home Zoning" (2020). Podcast.
  • NPR's Morning Edition, "Racial Covenants, A Relic of the Past, Are Still on the Books Across the Country" (2021). Podcast.
  • University of Washington, "Racial Restrictive Covenants Project." Website.
  • This American Life, "House Rules" (2013). Podcast.