In the late 1940s, Lynn Coleman’s family moved from Mississippi to the LaSalle Park neighborhood in South Bend, seeking refuge from the harsh realities of Jim Crow laws. However, they soon encountered another form of discrimination: redlining.
While the Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed redlining, its detrimental effects continue to reverberate across the nation, including in South Bend.
To shed light on this issue, a new interactive exhibit at the Main Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library delves into the history of redlining, both locally and nationally, and invites viewers to consider the question: “How can we undesign redlining?”
