For over one hundred years, legalized racial segregation, widely seen through redlining, Jim Crow laws, and economic disparities, decided who got what in America. Over the last century, racial apartheid went through several evolutions and, some argue, especially in light to present-day health disparities around COVID-19, that it never quite disappeared. This talk explores the subtle and dynamic ways in which segregated communities, institutions, and consumer spaces transformed after World War II, and not always for the better, setting the stage for today’s forms of racism.
This bicentennial program series has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities, in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, and from The Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF affiliate.