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In the early 20th century, Baltimore City codified racial segregation in housing into law, prohibiting African Americans from moving onto blocks where white residents were the majority. As the city grew, the sewer commission methodically avoided building infrastructure in Black neighborhoods. That\u2019s one example given by historian Andrew Kahrl of how African American taxpayers have been denied the benefits of their dollars.

Andrew Kahrl is a professor of history and African American studies at the University of Virginia. His new book is \u201cThe Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America.\u201d He'll be speaking about it on Tuesday, April 16th at the Enoch Pratt Free Central Library.

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It\u2019s Time to End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes

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