Archived articles

Redlining

Aerial view of Chicago
Public Health
The ongoing public health impact of redlining
Published June 2, 2022
The practice shaped wealth accumulation along racial lines, creating long-term financial and health disparities
Lawrence Jackson
Books
Native son
Published April 22, 2022
In 'Shelter,' JHU Professor of English and History Lawrence Jackson processes a homecoming to Baltimore
cover image for Lawrence Brown's new book, The Black Butterfly
The metamorphosis
Published Spring 2021
Lawrence T. Brown finds a metaphor of resistance while showing how segregation spread its wings through Baltimore / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Map shows colored overlays of sections of the city labeled blue, green, yellow, and red
Best of 2016
'National Geographic' gives nod to N.D.B. Connolly
Published Dec 29, 2016
JHU historian helped digitize government records of redlining in new interactive database
Urban history
The color of bias
Published Winter 2016
The Mapping Inequality project offers unprecedented access to color-coded maps and materials once used to demonstrate neighborhoods' risk and creditworthiness / Johns Hopkins Magazine