KPL Videos: segregation — Kalamazoo Public Library

Gryphon Place — School to Prison Pipeline

Join Restorative Justice Trainers Molly Mechtenberg and Ruth Garcia (Gryphon Place) as they discuss the historical, cultural, and systemic policies and practices that have led to the term known as…

Recorded 10/21/2020

Categories: Entertainment; Information; Instructional; Timely Topics

Tags: education; Instructional; segregation; teens

How FDR Segregated Kalamazoo

A presentation and discussion about the history of redlining, racially restrictive covenants, and segregation in Kalamazoo. Learn how the federal government and the city of Kalamazoo successfully financed white homeownership…

Recorded 10/02/2018

Categories: Kalamazoo History; Timely Topics

Tags: black history; history; kalamazoo; segregation; urban renewal

Kalamazoo’s Colored School (1861-1871)

Among the many mysteries in Kalamazoo’s history was the existence of a separate school for the community’s African-American children, located on North Street between 1861 and 1871. Lynn Houghton, Regional…

Recorded 02/27/2018

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Kalamazoo History; Timely Topics

Tags: author; black history; education; history; kalamazoo; segregation

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Gryphon Place — School to Prison Pipeline

How FDR Segregated Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo’s Colored School (1861-1871)