What Seattle’s redlining history tells us about wealth today: http://bit.ly/2Pm79Nu #PNWExplained | Cascade PBS

A firsthand witness to housing discrimination and inequity in Minnesota, civil rights activist Josie Johnson grew determined to confront the issue of redlining. Watch Johnson reflect on how she helped pass the first fair housing law in the country: https://comca.st/2LPwfDT | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

Redlining began in the 1930s when federal housing maps labeled Black neighborhoods as “high risk,” blocking families from home loans, wealth-building, and equal opportunity. Though outlawed in 1968, the legacy of redlining still shapes Black communities today through mortgage discrimination, lower home valuations, underfunded schools, and environmental injustice. This post exposes how the system never truly ended — it simply evolved. | Stanley Blackburn