It was a tremendous honor to serve as the first alum to speak at Lasell University's Presidential Speakers Series. I hope that you enjoyed the lecture and I hope that you enjoy the resources below.
-Natalie
Natalie Gillard's Restrictive Covenant
The United States engaged in the practice of seizing the property of Black/African American populations via eminent domain, razing the seized properties and building the infrastructure (highways/trains) that we frequent today. The westbound portion of the Mass Pike that spans across the northern part of Newton, MA is a glaring example of one of many racist historical practices that displaced Black/African American populations and compromised their access to wealth and opportunities.
Cities with some of the highest crime rates in the United States not only have a correlating redlining map, they also double as some of the cities where Black/African American & Hispanic populations have disproportionately higher COVID-19 death tolls and cases.
COVID-19 has exacerbated pre-existing inequities in Black and Hispanic communities.
COVID-19 has exacerbated pre-existing inequities in Black and Hispanic communities.
Articles:
- Highways that destroyed Black neighborhoods are crumbling. Some want to undo that legacy
- The Role of Highways in American Poverty They seemed like such a good idea in the 1950s.
- Highways gutted American cities. So why did they build them?
- The Interstates and the Cities: Highways, Housing, and the Freeway Revolt
- Racial Bias and Interstate Highway Planning: A Mixed Methods Approach
- Coronavirus by the Numbers What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State?
- How 1930s Discrimination Shaped Inequality In Today’s Cities
- America’s formerly redlined neighborhoods have changed, and so must solutions to rectify them
- Racist Housing Practices From The 1930s Linked To Hotter Neighborhoods Today
- The Coronapacalypse: Why COVID-19 Targets Redlined Black Neighborhoods in Hypersegregated Cities
- The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters
- African-American community of Newton has long legacy
- A City Divided: The Building of the Mass Turnpike in Newton (Part II)
- Carrying a Leader's Legacy in the Fight for Affordable Housing
- The Historic Myrtle Baptist Church
- Why the homeownership gap between White and Black Americans is larger today than it was over 50 years ago
