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1935
Redlining and Racial Covenants: HOLC 'Security Maps' (New Deal Era)
1935

Redlining and Racial Covenants: HOLC 'Security Maps' (New Deal Era)

The federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation produced 'Residential Security' maps grading neighborhoods; 'D' areas were often redlined, excluding Black borrowers and shaping …
1935
institutional discrimination

Redlining and Racial Covenants: HOLC 'Security Maps' (New Deal Era)

The federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation produced 'Residential Security' maps grading neighborhoods; 'D' areas were often redlined, excluding Black borrowers and shaping decades of segregated wealth. Documented by the Mapping Inequality project and historians.

United States (federal program; maps for 200+ cities)
African American Housing & redlining Jim Crow
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1931
Scottsboro Trials (1931)
1931

Scottsboro Trials (1931)

Nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, leading to all-white jury convictions and death sentences …
1931
institutional discrimination

Scottsboro Trials (1931)

Nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, leading to all-white jury convictions and death sentences despite dubious evidence. The trials became a national symbol of racial injustice in the South, attracting intervention from the ACLU …

Scottsboro, AL
African American Civil rights movement
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Nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, leading to all-white jury convictions and death sentences despite dubious evidence. The trials became a national symbol of racial injustice in the South, attracting intervention from the ACLU and NAACP, and are now studied as a landmark case of discriminatory legal processes [2].
Scottsboro Boys Trial
1931

Scottsboro Boys Trial

Nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, leading to all-white jury convictions and death sentences …
1931
court case discrimination

Scottsboro Boys Trial

Nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, leading to all-white jury convictions and death sentences despite inadequate legal defense. The case became a landmark in civil rights law after the Supreme Court overturned the convictions …

Scottsboro, Alabama, AL
African American Civil rights movement
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Nine Black teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train, leading to all-white jury convictions and death sentences despite inadequate legal defense. The case became a landmark in civil rights law after the Supreme Court overturned the convictions due to denial of fair trial rights. The trials highlighted systemic racism in the Southern legal system.
1930
Mexican American Deportations of the 1930s
1930

Mexican American Deportations of the 1930s

During the Great Depression, federal and local authorities conducted mass deportations of Mexican Americans, including many U.S. citizens, to reduce competition for …
1930
institutional discrimination

Mexican American Deportations of the 1930s

During the Great Depression, federal and local authorities conducted mass deportations of Mexican Americans, including many U.S. citizens, to reduce competition for jobs. Approximately 400,000–500,000 people were forcibly removed, primarily from California, Texas, and the Southwest. These deportations targeted Latino communities based …

Various locations across the United States, US
Jim Crow Latino
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During the Great Depression, federal and local authorities conducted mass deportations of Mexican Americans, including many U.S. citizens, to reduce competition for jobs. Approximately 400,000–500,000 people were forcibly removed, primarily from California, Texas, and the Southwest. These deportations targeted Latino communities based on race and nationality, reflecting systemic discrimination against Mexican Americans.