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1. www.democratandchronicle.com › in-depth › newsHow Rochester’s growing city and suburbs excluded black residents

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   Feb 5, 2020 · In Rochester, white-only neighborhoods in Maplewood, Charlotte, the southeast quadrant and the developing suburbs were coded green or blue, the safest for investment. Most of the city was coded...

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2. www.yahoo.com › news › rochesters-whites-only-racialRochester's whites-only racial covenants covered the living ...

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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...

3. www.democratandchronicle.com › story › newsStudy: Economic segregation in ROC among worst in U.S.

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   Aug 24, 2016 · The borders separating the Rochester City School District from its suburban neighbors mark some of the steepest lines of economic segregation in the country, according to a new data analysis.

4. www.rochestersubway.com › topics › 2020New Report Exposes the Legacy of Racial Covenants in ...

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   Aug 4, 2020 · On July 29, 2020, Rochester’s City Roots Community Land Trust, in partnership with the Yale Environmental Protection Clinic, released a guide — Confronting Racial Covenants: How They Segregated Monroe County and What to Do About Them — for those looking to understand and address such segregation.

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5. medium.com › @bt8002a › race-and-place-in-the-flowerRace and Place in the Flower City: | by Brennon Thompson - Medium

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   May 3, 2017 · Rochester is not unique in its experience; HOLC’s credit cartographers surveyed cities across the United States. Access to affordable housing remains a major barrier to socio-economic...

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6. storymaps.arcgis.com › stories › 27f6ee9254cf44e88bfMapping Segregation In Rochester, NY - ArcGIS StoryMaps

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   Nov 8, 2023 · Rochester was never a racially diverse city, with a black population of less than 1% in 1940. It has grown to about 38% in 2023. The black and white populations in Rochester are almost equal now (38% vs 45%) with a significantly large Hispanic population as well.

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   How did Rochester find a segregated housing market?

   • The search was slow-going and incremental: Volunteer researchers searched a database for decades-old Olmsted Country property records and keywords to establish the contours of Rochester's past segregated housing market. The document search was a form of "root canal," one researcher said.

   Rochester's whites-only racial covenants covered the living and the dead

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   What happens after a racial discharge in Rochester?

   • Once the discharge takes effect, the homeowner will be able to post a sign that advertises it. 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 minorities from living in parts of the city.

   Rochester's whites-only racial covenants covered the living and the dead

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   Did Rochester have a segregated burial ground?

   • A group of Mankato searchers, in a similar effort of historical reckoning, found one in their city, too. The discovery that Rochester once had a segregated burial ground was made possible through technology that has both made the search for such covenants easier and expanded the universe of such searches, including cemeteries.

   Rochester's whites-only racial covenants covered the living and the dead

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   Why did black people migrate to Rochester?

   • Black people came to Rochester from the South in the 1950s and 1960s and were met with a sophisticated, far-reaching, government-sponsored infrastructure dedicated solely to excluding them from "respectable" white neighborhoods, both in the city and the suburbs.

   How Rochester’s growing city and suburbs excluded black residents

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   Is Rochester a safe place to invest?

   • In Rochester, the white-only neighborhoods in Maplewood, Charlotte, the southeast quadrant, and the developing suburbs were coded green or blue, indicating they were the safest for investment. Most of the city was coded yellow, or "definitely declining".

   How Rochester’s growing city and suburbs excluded black residents

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   Why did Rochester join just deeds?

   • The work of coming to terms with this chapter of Rochester's racist past began in 2021, when the Rochester City Council decided to join Just Deeds, a project that helps homeowners and cities find racial covenants and then legally disavow them through a discharge process.

   Rochester's whites-only racial covenants covered the living and the dead

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8. landmarksociety.org › wp-content › uploadsHistory of Segregation and Racist Policy in Greater Rochester

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   To help restart the economy after the depression and to help soldiers coming back from WWII buy houses the government (FHA and VA) helped the banks give out millions of mortgages to Whites and financed massive suburban tract housing.