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Hello, everybody

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I'm PBS Wisconsin

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Here &Now reporter

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Murv Seymour.

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Did you know that Milwaukee

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no longer is considered

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the most segregated

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big city in America?

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It's still in the top 10

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but it no longer holds

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the top spot.

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Two University of Wisconsin-Milw

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professors are finishing up

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their lengthy study

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into the history

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of racial covenants

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in Milwaukee.

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Now, racial covenants

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was language that was written

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into property deeds

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and property records that

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forbid the sale of property

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to Blacks, minorities

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and some immigrants.

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Researchers say

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the racially discriminatory prac

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has definitely helped

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shape Milwaukee

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along racial lines.

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Their work shows

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that from 1910 to 1960

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thousands of these records

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are on the books.

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You'll never believe

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how many

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and you'll never believe

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some of the language

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that was used.

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Some of these

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records are still

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in the books today

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and some people

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don't even know it.

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Does your home

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have a racial covenant

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attached to its deed?

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You're going to want

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to watch my story

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on racial covenants

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in Milwaukee.

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To learn more

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visit pbswisconsin.org/news