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Demonized Community

April 3, 2018
"... people bought into this notion that no one wants to live in Gary..."  ...
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Black Mecca

March 23, 2018
"That period of time—growing up in Gary, Indiana, I would not want to be anywhere...
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Veiled Racism

March 15, 2018
“It was legislated white flight… this was actually extremely deliberate.” [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no"...
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We Just Want to Run

February 27, 2018
"...it is actually possible for something so wrong to go on with everybody just assuming...
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Homestead

February 5, 2018
"They came in their covered wagon to Merrillville..." https://youtu.be/Wd1WsMS0FWI   Transcript for Homestead Well, I...
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Really Nice Subdivision

January 30, 2018
"I think that a lot of the affluent white people here, if you really got...
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It Takes Time

January 3, 2018
"I can’t imagine why some forward-thinking company wouldn’t want to do something..." [iframe width="100%" height="166"...
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Division Road

December 17, 2017
“There can be some tension.  But it doesn’t seem to be that way, especially in...
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Drumbeat

December 7, 2017
"Their own coverage began to contribute to what was going on in Gary." https://youtu.be/LIM20-48RmE This...