Residential segregation
Articles on Residential segregation from The Crisis (1910-1934)
Residential segregation (10 articles)
Articles on Residential segregation from The Crisis (1910-1934)
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| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 (Jan) | A Mild Suggestion | Presents a biting satirical dialogue in The Crisis (Jan 1912) examining ‘solutions’ to the Negro problem, contrasting reform talk with violence. |
| 1912 (Mar) | Homes | 1912: Homes exposes housing discrimination against Black families and condemns biased real estate, unlike other Crisis pieces. |
| 1914 (Jan) | Real Estate in New York | Urges Black New Yorkers to hold strategic property and mobilize institutions to thwart racist real-estate displacement. |
| 1916 (Mar) | St. Louis | Critiques St. Louis segregation, documenting Black mobilization, white paternalism, and threats to racial equality. |
| 1916 (Jun) | Tenements | Exposes philanthropic tenement plans as racial segregation, urging democracy, fair sites, and transparency. |
| 1920 (Jan) | “Our” South | Exposes the white South’s property myth that denies Black labor rights, education, and a democratic voice. |
| 1920 (Apr) | Hyde Park | Condemns white real-estate schemes enforcing racial segregation in Hyde Park and urges Black property ownership. |
| 1921 (Feb) | Hopkinsville, Chicago and Idlewild | Urges the NAACP to agitate, educate and build democratic control of capital to secure Black economic democracy. |
| 1925 (May) | The Challenge of Detroit | Decries Detroit’s racial housing violence, exposing how migration, prejudice, and real estate power threaten democracy. |
| 1926 (Jan) | The Sweet Trial | White, Walter F. in The Crisis (1926) discusses the Sweet trial, defending Black homeowners’ right to self-defense and exposing mob racism. |
| 1927 (Apr) | The Higher Friction | Argues racial friction moves up to higher stakes—voting, education, lynching, housing—measuring uneven Black progress. |
| 1930 (May) | Our Program | Argues the NAACP fights race-based barriers, and that color discrimination blocks democracy, economic justice, and peace. |
| 1934 (Apr) | Segregation in the North | Argues Northern segregation is growing and urges Black economic self-organization, education and boycotts. |
| 1934 (May) | Segregation | Defends pragmatic battles against segregation, arguing segregated housing can alleviate Black poverty and uplift. |
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