Redlining: A Conversation with Professor Laura L. Lovett – Peoples Republic
Professor Laura L. Lovett authored the book Conceiving the Future, which reveals the unacknowledged legacy of eugenics in a range of reforms, regarding populism, irrigation, conservation, and housing, which indirectly or directly promoted selective reproduction. Professor Lovett gives a solid background on the origins of redlining in this country and helps to shed some light on a practice that perpetuates lack among certain communities in the United States. Introducing author Laura L. Lovett, Ph.D, and Associate Professor of The University of Pittsburgh State.
Professor Lovett is currently writing a biography of the African American activist, Dorothy Pittman Hughes. With Her Fist Raised contextualizes Hughes’ life within crosscutting histories of children, race, women, social movements, and urban politics. The result is a biographical narrative that offers a history of the women’s movement with children, race, and welfare rights at its core, and a history of women’s politics grounded in community organizing. For more information on Professor Laura L. Lovett, visit pitt.edu. Her published books: When We Were Free to Be: Looking Back at a Children’s Classic and the Difference it Made. University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Co-edited with Lori Rotskoff; Conceiving the Future: Pronatalism, Reproduction, and the Family in the United States, 1890-1930. University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Music by Peoples Republic – A New Rite of Passage, featuring “Rite of Passage Instrumental,” composed by Kaylene Peoples.
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We see how the world has changed, but the Narrative of racism, redlining & oppression has not. It’s good know the history of great “world changers” who sacrificed to make a difference and expose the injustices of a system that continues to abuse the Black race. The good news is there are many who have paved the way to make a difference, giving hope for more change, even though we have a long way to go. Thank you for sharing. Congratulations to professor Laura L. Lovett and Kaylene Peoples. Looking forward to reading the book and hearing the beautiful music.
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Thank you so much for your comment, so well-put in fact. I agree with your points. Yes we have a long way to go, but as you stated, Luisa, the Black race has indeed “come” a long way, too. Please continue to visit VERUM Magazine. And please follow us in Instagram for updates. @verummagazine