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