Redlining and its modern impact on St. Louis

By: Amerie Alexander

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: February 7, 2026

Words: 849

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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“The Negro should be granted equality…On the surface, this appears reasonable, but it is not realistic. For it is obvious that if a man is entered at the starting line in a race three hundred years after another man, the first would have to perform some impossible feat to catch up with his fellow runner.”

As evidenced by the above quote, Dr. Martin Luther King contends that equality implies equity. Equity is fairness or …

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