Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield
Who was Lelia Francis?
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Mrs. Francis was the first Black real estate agent in Ohio and a civil rights activist.
Explore the life of Lelia Francis, the first Black real estate agent in Ohio, who went to extraordinary lengths to help Black families secure homes during the Jim Crow era. She fought against the effects of redlining, securing mortgages for Black home buyers and integrating neighborhoods in southwest Ohio. Always an entrepreneur, she also helped found the first Black-owned bank in Dayton, Ohio.
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Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield is a local public television program presented by CET and ThinkTV
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield
Who was Lelia Francis?
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Explore the life of Lelia Francis, the first Black real estate agent in Ohio, who went to extraordinary lengths to help Black families secure homes during the Jim Crow era. She fought against the effects of redlining, securing mortgages for Black home buyers and integrating neighborhoods in southwest Ohio. Always an entrepreneur, she also helped found the first Black-owned bank in Dayton, Ohio.
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Clip | 4m 40s | Mrs. Francis was the first Black real estate agent in Ohio and a civil rights activist. (4m 40s)
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Clip | 4m 38s | Learn how Harry Kissel, a developer from Springfield, laid the groundwork for redlining. (4m 38s)
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Clip | 1m 30s | Discover how the now-illegal practice of redlining was federal policy in the 1930s. (1m 30s)
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Clip | 1m 27s | See how the shocking wealth gap between white and Black families traces back to redlining. (1m 27s)
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Preview | 30s | This documentary tells the story of local families who were impacted by redlining. (30s)
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Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield is a local public television program presented by CET and ThinkTV
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