Injustice In Harlem

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Between 1900 and 1950, New York City’s population doubled to nearly eight million. The population explosion strained city agencies and infrastructure. To manage, city officials planned expansive public works projects that were funded under the New Deal. City officials, supported by federal funds, routinely pushed through these enormous projects. While these investments seemed to benefit everyone, a closer look reveals deep-rooted injustices. Harlem, the “capital” of African America, was one of the recipients of these injustices. In the 1930s, New York City’s Commissioner of parks designed 255 parks to be built over the next decades, only one of which was planned for Harlem (Caro, 1974). These longstanding discriminating decisions set the stage

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