Dorothy Richardson’s Kitchen Table

Race, Wealth and Community Development

Authors

  • Deborah Boatright

Abstract

As a lifelong community developer and a black woman, Dorothy Richardson is an inspiration. She galvanized her community and started a national movement. In the 1970s, Richardson understood that the redlining practices of the day were shutting her out of the economic mainstream and blighting her neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She understood that government policies deliberately fenced blacks into particular neighborhoods, denying them benefits that went to whites nearby.

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Published

2016-01-27

How to Cite

Boatright, D. (2016). Dorothy Richardson’s Kitchen Table: Race, Wealth and Community Development. Social Innovations Journal, (26). Retrieved from https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/12075