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The Suburbs: A Creation of Government Policies

Season 1 Episode 1 | 1m 00s

In 1956, the government further enabled the middle-class movement to the suburbs through the rise of new infrastructure – the interstate highway system. For many cities across the country, highways were used as a way to overpass and “erase” areas considered “black slums.”

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