What was the FHA Manual (1938)?
Federal Housing Administration manual that institutionalized segregation.
What was violence against integration?
Violence faced by Black families moving into white neighborhoods.
What did the HOLC Map show?
Redlining in action, labeling Black neighborhoods as 'hazardous'.
What was the role of the NAACP?
Fought against discriminatory housing practices and pushed for fair housing.
What was the impact of restrictive covenants?
Created deeply segregated housing markets until 1968.
What was the impact of redlining?
Denied Black families access to homeownership and wealth-building.
What was the result of the lack of essentials in Black neighborhoods?
Transportation, healthcare, and healthy food options were limited.
What did racial violence aim to do?
Maintain segregation and racial hierarchy.
What was the impact of the FHA?
The FHA contributed to segregation.
What did Black communities do to combat transportation inequality?
Black communities created their own solutions, like jitneys and independent bus companies.
What is Redlining?
Denying loans/services based on race in specific neighborhoods.
What are Restrictive Covenants?
Agreements preventing homeowners from selling to Black families.
Define Housing Discrimination.
Unequal treatment in housing based on race or other protected characteristics.
What are Food Deserts?
Areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food.
Define Environmental Racism.
Disproportionate exposure of minority communities to environmental hazards.
What is Biased Lending?
Offering loans with higher interest rates to Black families.
What is Segregation?
The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
What is a mortgage?
An agreement to purchase a home by borrowing money from the bank.
What is disinvestment?
The withdrawal of investments from an area.
What is a ghetto?
A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
What role did the NAACP play?
Fought hard against discriminatory housing practices, pushing for fair housing.
