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Spaces Of Fear: Race, Housing, And Travel In South Central Pa, Arion Dominique, David Michael
Spaces Of Fear: Race, Housing, And Travel In South Central Pa, Arion Dominique, David Michael
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Our poster explores the daily experiences of African Americans, and other minorities, in South Central PA, in the 20th century, with regard to housing and travel. It details the various difficulties that these groups encountered in the basic pursuit of equitable housing opportunities and safe travel/temporary lodging – a pursuit mired in socially enforced and legalized segregation and arising from long- standing white anxieties about people of color.
African Americans and other minorities had to learn how to navigate segregated landscapes in ways that their white counterparts were exempt from. Whites not only enjoyed a life free from racial restrictions …