The prevalence of liquor stores in a neighborhood can often scare away businesses that would benefit the community. In this month's episode, J. and Kas talk about the journey from Black American third spaces to the redlining policies that hold back these communities to this day.

Sources:

“Liquorlining: Liquor Store Concentration and Community Development in Lower-Income Cook County Neighborhoods” by Ann Maxwell and Daniel Immergluck

“Alcohol and Environmental Justice: The Density of Liquor Stores and Bars in Urban Neighborhoods in the United States” by Drs. John A. Romley, Deborah Cohen, Jeanne Ringel, and Roland Sturm

“Neighborhood Alcohol Outlet Density, Historical Redlining, and Violent Crime in NYC 2014–2018” by Sean Haley, Shari Jardine, Elizabeth Kelvin, Andrew Maroko, and Christopher Herrmann

Liquor Stores, Dispensaries, and Smoke Shops: Our Neighborhood Is Killing Us

FDR and Housing Legislation: 75th Anniversary of the Wagner-Steagall Housing Act of 1937

A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America

“We Built This: Consequences of New Deal Era Intervention in America’s Racial Geography” by Jacob W. Faber

“Alcoholism and Blacks” by Bertha Mosley, Bobbie J. Atkins, and Michael Kelin

Jazz on Jackson Street: The Birth of a Multiracial Musical Community in Seattle

During Prohibition, Harlem Night Clubs Kept the Party Going

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