Social segregation is a challenge intensified by rapid urbanisation. Using mobility data, researchers have widened the scope of analysis from static residential segregation patterns to experienced ...

We examine the impact of the expansion of charter schools on racial segregation in public schools, defined using multiple measures of racial sorting and isolation. Our research design utilizes between ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how social patterns persist in integrated schools and what actually shapes student success. Photo: Free to Choose Network No topic was more prevalent around my ...

Racial covenants were clauses on property deeds that prevented the sale, rental, or other use of properties by certain minority groups. They were implemented in cities across the northern United ...

Introduction : disease histories and race histories -- Toward a historical epidemiology of African American tuberculosis -- The rise of the city and the decline of the Negro : the historical idea of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. To learn more about Sanders story and motivation for writing ...

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The virtual event is free. In honor of Black History Month, the National Civil Rights Museum is sitting down with award-winning historian Crystal R. Sanders to host a virtual book talk on her book, A ...

In Chicago, residents strive for equity in a city impacted by the effects of segregation. In Chicago, segregation has a profound impact. From disparities in housing, education and healthcare to ...

More than 150 years after slavery was outlawed in the United States, Black Americans have continued to experience discrimination, prejudice, and systemic inequality in everything from housing and ...

The young Kenneth Clark (1914-2005) was inspired by the first African American psychologist, Francis Cecil Sumner (1895-1954), to pursue a career in psychology, and he completed both his bachelor’s ...