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Brownsville, Brooklyn, depicted in this street scene, was a poor but densely settled neighborhood. It was a center of social activism--Margaret Sanger established the first birth control clinic in the United States there in 1916 and the community was…

This iconic image from photographer Russell Lee depicts African American children in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, in the Black Belt, on Easter Sunday, 1941.

Section of redlining map that shows the Loudon-Melrose neighborhood in Roanoke, Virginia

HOLC's redlining map of Roanoke, Virginia

Redlining map section of the area designated as D1 by the HOLC, otherwise known as Church Hill.

HOLC redlining map of Richmond, Vriginia

Section of the Norfolk redlining map focused on the region designated as D3 by the HOLC, otherwise known as Lambert's Point.

Focused area of Lynchburg, designated as C1 by the HOLC

The 1936 HOLC redlining map of Lynchburg, VA.

HOLC redlining map of Richmond, Virginia ca. 1930s