National Context
Practiced by individuals and codified by laws and policies, housing discrimination shaped every American community for over a century.
![Aerial view of Moser Development suburbs in Naperville, Illinois.](/static/ac3d71d2e2c9e4a546d2b6500022efc9/79286/070_055_aerial_photographs_of_moser_de_crop_6a341f38fc.jpg)
Courtesy of the Naperville Heritage Society
1Introduction
2Segregation Mania
3Immigration, Migration, Discrimination
4Sundown Towns, the KKK, and the Ever-Present Threat of White Violence
5Discriminatory Zoning
6Racially Restrictive Covenants
7Discrimination and the Suburban Boom
8Shady Real Estate Practices
9Driving While Black
10The New Deal: Government-Sponsored Segregation
11Living and Losing in the City
12Taking to the Streets
13The Power of Law
14Did anyone win the fight for fair housing?
15Who deserves to own a home?
16What kind of place will you call home?