Miniseries

Episodes • 2024

Linda Kimbrough
The Color Tax

1. The Color Tax

58 min

Black families paid premium prices and could lose their home for missing a single payment.

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The Chicago Plan

2. The Chicago Plan

58 min

Blacks who dared to move into white communities faced ostracism, vandalism, and house bombings.

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A Million in Captivity

3. A Million in Captivity

57 min

The CHA initially proposed integrated public housing, but after backlash, maintained segregation.

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We Found the Enemy and It's Not Us

4. We Found the Enemy and It's Not Us

57 min

Working-class homeowners on Chicago's west side fought unscrupulous realtors and bank redlining.

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