Series
Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation
Documentary
How Chicago and its suburbs helped devise the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities, and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families, creating the vast racial wealth gap that persists to this day.
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Seasons & episodes
1The Color Tax18 Apr 2024 · 58mBlack families paid premium prices and could lose their home for missing a single payment.
2The Chicago Plan25 Apr 2024 · 58mBlacks who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings.
3A Million in Captivity2 May 2024 · 57mThe CHA initially proposed integrated public housing, but after backlash, maintained segregation.
4We Found the Enemy and It's Not Us9 May 2024 · 57mWorking-class homeowners on Chicago's west side fought unscrupulous realtors and bank redlining.
Details
- First aired
- 18 Apr 2024
- Last aired
- 9 May 2024
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- PBS
- Episodes
- 4
Cast
- LLinda KimbroughSelf - Narrator (voice)
