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Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality

While Robert Moses was infamous for his manipulation of infrastructure to perpetuate racial discrimination in New York, he serves as just one example of how infrastructure has been used to enforce segregation throughout American history. In this conversation moderated by legal scholar Melissa Murray, ACLU President Deborah Archer examines how, following the successes of the Civil Rights movement, the government used everything from highways to sidewalks to perpetuate racial exclusion, utilizing loopholes and ambiguities to justify their actions, and ultimately resulting in the dilapidated state of American infrastructure today.











When: Tue., Apr. 15, 2025 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: The New York Historical
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400
Price: $35
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While Robert Moses was infamous for his manipulation of infrastructure to perpetuate racial discrimination in New York, he serves as just one example of how infrastructure has been used to enforce segregation throughout American history. In this conversation moderated by legal scholar Melissa Murray, ACLU President Deborah Archer examines how, following the successes of the Civil Rights movement, the government used everything from highways to sidewalks to perpetuate racial exclusion, utilizing loopholes and ambiguities to justify their actions, and ultimately resulting in the dilapidated state of American infrastructure today.

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