About this season
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.
Episodes (4)
E1
1. The Color Tax
Aired 18 April 2024 • 58 min
Black families paid premium prices and could lose their home for missing a single payment.
E2
2. The Chicago Plan
Aired 25 April 2024 • 58 min
Blacks who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings.
E3
3. A Million in Captivity
Aired 2 May 2024 • 57 min
The CHA initially proposed integrated public housing, but after backlash, maintained segregation.
E4
4. We Found the Enemy and It's Not Us
Aired 9 May 2024 • 57 min
Working-class homeowners on Chicago's west side fought unscrupulous realtors and bank redlining.