Race, Housing, and Segregation
What is Levittown?
This mass-produced suburban housing development symbolized the American Dream for many white families after WWII.
Who is Linda Brown?
She was the young girl at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case.
Who are teenagers?
This demographic group emerged as a distinct social category with their own culture in the postwar years.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?
This African American painter depicted Black life and history with bold colors and abstract figures.
What are the FHA and HOLC?
What are the FHA and HOLC?
What is redlining?
This discriminatory housing practice involved denying loans or insurance based on racial composition of neighborhoods.
What is the NAACP?
This organization was founded in 1909 and played a key legal role in fighting segregation.
Who is Chuck Berry?
This genre-blending musician became a pioneer of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.
Who is Charles White?
This artist focused on themes of dignity and struggle in African American communities.
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What is de jure segregation?
This type of segregation was enforced by law.
What is a sit-in?
This form of protest involved African Americans occupying segregated spaces and refusing to leave.
What is the Baby Boom/demographic shift?
This shift in population included increased birth rates and suburban growth after WWII.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement known for nonviolent resistance and the "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is the post-war economic boom (or baby boom economy)?
This economic phenomenon in the 1950s helped fuel consumerism, suburbanization, and a rising middle class.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal."
Who were the Freedom Riders?
These activists rode buses into the segregated South to test Supreme Court rulings on integration.
What are educational outcomes or attainment gaps?
This term describes differences in educational success often caused by systemic inequality.
Who is Malcolm X?
This Civil Rights leader advocated for Black empowerment and was a vocal critic of gradual change
What is redlining?
This form of racism in housing policies created lasting wealth gaps and segregated neighborhoods across America.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This NAACP lawyer argued the Brown case and later became the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
This organization, co-founded by MLK, coordinated nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
What is lynching?
This practice of targeting and killing Black individuals without legal trial was a tool of racial terror.
What is "separate but equal"?
This phrase from Plessy v. Ferguson was used to justify racial segregation for over half a century.
What is the HOLC (Home Owners’ Loan Corporation)?
This government agency was responsible for mapping "risky" neighborhoods and denying home loans there.