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Deteriorating Conditions with No Help in Sight

Season 1 Episode 1 | 3m 57s

Tenants in East Lake Meadows can’t get things fixed; the trash doesn’t get picked up, the grass doesn’t get cut, and raw sewage seeps into houses and playgrounds from open pits.

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The Lightfoot brothers recall how they ended up with a piano while living in East Lake.
In 1956, the government further enabled the middle-class movement to the suburbs.
The story of a public housing community raises critical questions about race and poverty.
In a decade, East Lake went from being predominantly white to 90% African American.
The story of a public housing community raises critical questions about race and poverty.
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The story of a public housing community raises critical questions about race and poverty.