Shreveport Mayor Votes to Bulldoze a Black Neighborhood to Build a Highway

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By Angie SchmittAug 22, 2017, 5:14 pm210 pts
It wasn’t that long ago that demolishing black neighborhoods to make way for highways was official U.S. government policy. In fact, though most cities now recognize what a horrible mistake that was, we can’t even close the chapter on that era just yet. Last week, public officials in Shreveport, Louisiana…

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