By the end of World War II, housing presure in inner cities and African American neighborhoods was enormous.
80% of the black population was squeezed into about 5 square miles, units were said to be "unbelievably crowded".
Between 1947 and 1967, more towns were established on whites-only basis than ever before.
Anti- African American Sign (Click Picture for Source)
Levitt & Son were the largest home builder in America after World War II, for two decades after the war "The Levitt Organization" refused to sell to the blacks.
1,500 houses out of 186,000 houses that were built in Detroit in the 1940's were available to the blacks.
The FHA was the most important single cause of residential segregation.
The FHA kept the blacks and other minorites from buying houses in white neighborhoods.
African Americans were not only shut out of the suburbs, but also from participating in Americans route to wealth increase and federal help towards home ownership.
The federal government passed the Civil rights act of 1968, also known as the "Fair Housing Act", which prohibits racial discrimination in sale, rental, and financing of housing.
Racism and Suburbs