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RACIAL
ISSUES - Case Studies - National
Wynnefield,
Pennsylvania (Varady, 38-40)
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Wynnefield was a predominantly
white neighborhood until about 1929 when Eastern European Jews relocated
from South Philadelphia
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Wynnefield continued to attract
Jewish residents during the 1950’s and 1960’s when West Philadelphia’s
black population also began to expand in the direction of Wynnefield.
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The first black family moved into
Wynnefield proper in 1963, purchasing a home from a federal agency as a
result of foreclosure, and blacks started to purchase homes all throughout
the community.
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As the proportion of black increased
during the mid-1960’s, many white residents feared that the community would
undergo rapid racial turnover and that there would be a decline in neighborhood
standards (e.g., a decline in property values, a decline in the quality
of schools, etc.)
North End of Champaign, IL
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Champaign was a town that became
majority Black by 1950
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Up until WWII, it had a slowly
decreasing white population that had started to move into newer areas of
the city
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By WWII, the previously white community
was given over to African Americans in a deteriorated state
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The pressure for housing following
the War, coupled with the rise in incomes and growing economy, removed
all but a few of the remaining white families from the North End
RACIAL ISSUES
- Case Studies - International
West Indians and Migration
to London
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Between the 1950’s and 1960’s Great
Britain experienced an overwhelming influx on West Indians into the
city of London and other major industrial cities
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In London, the west Indians congregated
in the three areas of the inner city characterized by deteriorating houses
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British planners worry that these
areas will develop into ghettos comparable to those in American cities
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