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May 11, 2024 · May 11—ROCHESTER — Two years ago, a Rochester group began digging into the city's past as part of a historical reckoning into the use of racial covenants that once barred Blacks and other...
Jan 21, 2020 · Groundbreaking research on the intersection of climate change and segregation reveals how racist banking practices banned by Congress 52 years ago continue to shape how black and lower-income...
- Daniel Cusick
Aug 24, 2020 · For years, cities across the United States rarely thought about racial equity when designing their climate plans, which meant that climate protection measures, like green roofs on...
Mar 2, 2021 · As parts of the country deal with extreme weather and the effects of climate change, cities like Rochester and Buffalo are poised to become what Buffalo mayor Byron W. Brown called “climate...
Aug 30, 2021 · So yes, America is segregated, and so is pollution. So if you look around a Black neighborhood where you are in Texas, or where I work in Baltimore or D.C., what are the visible signs of...
May 27, 2021 · ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Built in the 1950s to speed suburban commuters to and from downtown, Rochester’s Inner Loop destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, replacing them with a broad, concrete...
Aug 22, 2018 · The black community faced violations of human rights, police brutality, housing, and employment discrimination. With the influx of thousands of black families from southern states to Rochester, the city was not structurally or institutionally prepared to house and integrate these families into city living.
