America's Berlin Walls Reprise

America had its own versions of the Berlin Wall, in fact there are twenty-six existing, demolished or planned segregation walls, fences, road barricades/closures, and buffer strips in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia built between white and Black/African American neighborhoods as late as the 1970’s. Known as segregation walls, these barricades were erected by cities, neighborhood developers, and the like with the express purpose of keeping Black/African Americans out of exclusively white home sites. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, as they reprise a virtual driving tour of America’s segregation walls. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry Citations A Nation of Walls — Design Trust for Public Space A Nation of Walls A storm destroyed part of the 'segregation wall' in Arlington, Virginia Atlanta's "Berlin Wall" Chicago's Wall: Race, Segregation and the Chicago Housing Authority Detroit segregation wall still stands, a stark reminder of racial divisions nbcnews.com Detroiturbex.com - The 8 Mile Wall Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, Loewen, James, Touchstone, 2006 Members Only: Gated Communities and Residential Segregation in the Metropolitan United States Perspective | Not far from the White House stands another wall, one that divided blacks from whites PEYTON, HARLAN AND WILLIS Proposed Community Stabilization Plan StoryMap illuminates impacts of Miami's historic racial segregation The Untold History of Liberty City's Segregation Walls Walls are the foundation of civilization. But do they work?