The Sephardic community in Seattle, Washington is unique not only in its relative size, but also in its cohesiveness. The community boasts two Sephardic synagogues, various religious and cultural organizations that meet regularly, and a group that convenes weekly to read texts i…
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Seattle was the first U.S. city to authorize a mandatory desegregation plan without a court order. Yet, it was also the site almost two decades letter of the U.S. Supreme Court case Parents Involved in Community Schools, which deemed Seattle’s remaining race-conscious desegregat…
The 1966 Seattle school boycott and freedom schools represent a case of successful activism that did not translate into successful long-term policy. Instead, the value of the boycott lies in the role it played as a catalyst in Seattle’s decades-long series of desegregation attem…
The American government and its policies have a long history of racism. In particular, the historic policy of redlining is one legislation explicitly responsible for America's modern-day urban disparities. This study attempts to estimate the effect of redlining on urban disparit…