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[https://eji.org/reports/transatlantic-slave-trade-overview/ by EJI] | [https://eji.org/reports/transatlantic-slave-trade-overview/ by EJI] | ||
Between 1501 and 1867, nearly 13 million African people were kidnapped, forced onto European and American ships, and trafficked across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved, abused, and forever separated from their homes, families, and cultures. | Between 1501 and 1867, nearly 13 million African people were kidnapped, forced onto European and American ships, and trafficked across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved, abused, and forever separated from their homes, families, and cultures. | ||
=====A history of residential segregation in the US===== | |||
[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2015/05/a-history-of-residential-segregation-in-the-us/ by Les Picker 18/5/15 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | |||
In The National Rise in Residential Segregation (NBER Working Paper No.20934), Trevon Logan and John Parmanintroduce a first-of-its-kind measure of residential segregation based upon the racial similarity of next-door neighbors. Using the complete manuscript pages of the federal census to identify the races of next-door neighbors for the period 1880-1940, the authors were able to analyze segregation consistently and comprehensively for all areas in the United States, allowing for an in-depth view of the variation in segregation across time and space. | |||
