The Origins of the Dual City: Housing, Race, and Redevelopment in Twentieth-Century Chicago Storytelling ; Education conniving menace

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in the hands of its last five Black residents—families whose lives have been rooted in this stretch of land for generations—and away from rapidly encroaching white developers

In this “tale of toxic friendship at its most riveting” (People)

using and expanding a network of abolitionists that became known as the Underground Railroad

The Origins of the Dual City: Housing, Race, and Redevelopment in Twentieth-Century Chicago Storytelling ; Education conniving menaceChicago is celebrated for its rich diversity, but, even more than most US cities, it is also plagued by segregation and extreme inequality. More than ever, Chicago is a dual city, a condition taken for granted by many residents. In this book, Joel Rast reveals that todays tacit acceptance of rising urban inequality is a marked departure from the past. For much of the twentieth century, a key goal for civic leaders was the total elimination of slums