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Birth of a Ghetto Chicago Nightmare Explores Segregation
A five month UPI investigation reveals institutional racism fueling Chicago slums and neighborhood redlining. It traces 400 real estate deals, 150 interviews, and notes firebombings in Marquette Park as whites and blacks clash amid urban neglect. The report links government policies, realtors, banks, and insurers to segregated housing. The narrative follows Leo Anderson’s drive through flooded South Side streets and the Marquette Park tensions that stoke violence and displacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
UPI
Chicago
Gregory Gordon
Minnesota
Albert Swanson
Leo Anderson
Orson
Anderson
Phyllis Anderson
United States
Richard J. Daley
Frankie Turnipseed
Marquette Park
Algirdas Antanaitis
South
Dan Ryan
Buffalo Grove
Gresham
Englewood
Harvard Avenue
St. Bernard Hospital
Tom Ptak
Marrion Logan
Fred Rice
Rice
Martin Luther King, Jr
King
Nazi) Party of America
Western Avenue
Stop
Edgar Jackson
MLK
Collin
Rockwell Hall
Adolph Hitler
Africa
Israel
William Woods
Chicago Lawn
Marquette Manor
Park
West Englewood