MURFREESBORO — The
next edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program takes a look at the
history of racial discrimination in home loans.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Louis Woods, assistant
professor of history, will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, July 22, and from 8
to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, July 28, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
In an article for the Journal of Urban History, Woods
chronicled the Federal Home Loan Bank Board’s discriminatory practices from
1921 to 1950.
Woods asserts that the agency’s methods considered
neighborhood demographics a huge factor in assessing property values. The
effect was to label entire residential areas as bad loan risks because the
inhabitants, usually minorities, were considered “undesirable.”
Even middle-class neighborhoods surrounding historically
black colleges and universities received lower assessments by comparison to
middle-class neighborhoods surrounding predominantly white institutions, said
Woods.
To listen to previous programs, go to the “Audio Clips”
archives at www.mtsunews.com.
For more information about “MTSU On the Record,” contact
Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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