How railroads, highways and other manmade lines racially divide America's cities

Washington Post July 16, 2015 Emily Badger and Darla Cameron Railroad tracks and other physical barriers were often used to separate Black and white communities. In many cases these divides remain today. Segregation was build into the physical fabric of cities. Examples of this are explored in Milwaukee, Washington, DC, Detroit, Buffalo, St. Louis. Kansas City, Mo., Tampa, Shreveport , Hartford, and Pittsburgh.

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2015