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Deadly Waiting Game: An Environmental Justice Framework For Examining Natural And Man-Made Disasters Beyond Hurricane Katrina [Abstract], Robert D. Bullard
Deadly Waiting Game: An Environmental Justice Framework For Examining Natural And Man-Made Disasters Beyond Hurricane Katrina [Abstract], Robert D. Bullard
Robert D Bullard
Presenter: Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Clark Atlanta University 1 page.
Apartheid Baltimore Style: The Residential Segregation Ordinances Of 1910-1913, Garrett Power
Apartheid Baltimore Style: The Residential Segregation Ordinances Of 1910-1913, Garrett Power
Garrett Power
On May 15, 1911, Baltimore Mayor J. Barry Mahool signed into law an ordinance for “preserving the peace, preventing conflict and ill feeling between the white and colored races in Baltimore City.” This ordinance provided for the use of separate blocks by African American and whites and was the first such law in the nation directly aimed at segregating black and white homeowners. This article considers the historical significance of Baltimore’s first housing segregation law.