Housing and Discrimination Resource List

This 1962 aerial photograph shows the location of the segregation wall that was built to keep Black people out of Woodlawn Village when it was developed in the 1930s. Click on the photo for more information about the wall. Our work to create a more equitable, sustainable, inclusive, and affordable Arlington has taken on a renewed urgency. The past year and a half have been traumatic for people across the country, particularly Black and Brown Americans who have been not only disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 crisis but who have seen evidence, time and time again, of the continued existence of racism and injustice in our nation. It is no secret that the history of segregation, discrimination, and unequal access to housing is connected to both of these current crises. AHS invites you to revisit conversations the Alliance for Housing Solutions has had on the intersection of race and housing at our Leckey Forums in 2018 (the Legacy of Discrimination and Segregation in Arlington) and 2019 (Lessons for Arlington from Minneapolis), and to watch our seven-minute video, Race and Housing in Arlington, to learn about the County’s history of segregation and discrimination in housing. We also invite you to review the suggested resource list we have compiled with help from our coalition of friends and advocates. Educating ourselves about the truth of our past is an important first step toward action—and we will have to turn words into action to stop this pattern from repeating itself over and over again.

Thank you for joining us in the important work of making Arlington a place where people of all walks of life are truly welcome and can afford to live.

Sincerely,

The Alliance for Housing Solutions.

Resource List

Arlington’s Black History

Housing Segregation & Discrimination

US History

Racism and White Privilege