Stray dogs, a symptom of blighted and abandoned properties, wander the streets of Mitchell Heights. Blighted and abandoned properties in majority-minority, low-income neighborhoods are part of the legacy of redlining in Memphis. (Natalie Eddings)
On S1E13 of the On the Ground Podcast, Roshun Austin of The Works, Inc. and Austin Harrison of Neighborhood Preservation Inc. examine a redlining map from the 1930s, its implications for modern-day Memphis and local strategies to breakdown housing inequality 85 years after redlining was introduced and 50 years since it was outlawed.
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Cole Bradley is a native Memphian and graduate of the University of Memphis. Cole's worked locally as a researcher and community engagement strategist and began contributing to High Ground in Jan 2017.