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What is segregation? Learn the the meaning and definitions of segregation as well as segregation facts. See segregation examples and a timeline. | What is segregation? Learn the the meaning and definitions of segregation as well as segregation facts. See segregation examples and a timeline. | ||
=====A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america by Terry Gross 3/5/17 npr] | |||
In 1933, faced with a housing shortage, the federal government began a program explicitly designed to increase — and segregate — America's housing stock. Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation." | |||
