Discussion Post: History
YouTube Videos: "Henry Louis Gates Jr & Paula Kerger on Reconstruction: America After the Civil War | SXSW EDU", "Reconstruction Part 1 of 2", "History of Jim Crow" and "Reconstruction Part 2 of 2".
Part 1: Housing Segregation and Redlining in America
a) What is redlining? Where did the name come from? What role did the government play in redlining? What impact has redlining had on those communities in the red zone? What do those communities look like today?
b) What impact did redlining have on those communities in the green zone? What do those communities look like today?
Part 2: The African American Great Migration and Beyond
a) Who does Tolnay describe as the migrants who left the south and why?
b) What are some important factors that Tolnay describes as influencing potential destinations of southern migrants?
c) Where did the southern migrants go? How did they fare in their new home?
d) Tolnay argues that internal migration and residential mobility had important short and long-term impacts on individual Blacks, the Black community, and American society. What were they?
e) Why did some migrants begin to return south?
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.