For decades, Black residents have been leaving some of the nation's largest cities while suburbs have seen Black population growth.
“It’s really hard to point to one specific thing," said Dan Cooper, director of research with Chicago’s Metropolitan Planning Council."And when you look at the confluence of factors, Black folks haven’t been centered in policy or they are centered in wrong ways.”Chicago, long a segregated city, continues to report disparate outcomes by race when it comes to home ownership, income, transportation access and more.
“Half the neighborhood went to that school,” said Pullins, a current resident and activist. “They’re all gone.” Kisha Pleasant, 41, bought her first home in Roseland, but violence and dwindling amenities pushed her out.“I can’t retire in this area,” she said. “I want to come outside, and I don’t want to be scared that somebody will be shooting at me.”Sameerah and Jerrell Miller moved with their daughter to a leafy Lansing street six years ago after living in Chicago and neighboring Oak Park.
The growing Black population prompted Micaela Smith, who moved to Lansing in 2002, to seek office. She became the suburb's first Black trustee last year, after a challenging campaign in the predominantly white suburb.Activists say Lansing has had its fair share of issues involving race. In 2017, a Black teenager was held down and threatened by a white off-duty police officer, a confrontation that led the city to enter a memorandum of understanding with activists and the U.S.
Chicago officials recently launched a $750 million program to improve neglected neighborhoods, including Roseland, and have detailed plans for a train line extension. The Greater Roseland Chamber of Commerce hopes a community hospital will grow into a medical district.
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