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Ever wonder about those restrictive deeds in some Bethesda homes that excluded Black and Jewish people from home ownership? If you are curious about how the pattern began in Northwest DC where the whites-only exclusionary design was perfected, visit Undesign the Redline exhibit with a BHV group at the Cleveland Park Public Library on July 9 for an hour and have lunch afterwards to talk further. The five descriptive panels include the history of practices and policies that undervalued Black property, displaced Black families, and had cascading negative effects on DC’s Black community economically, socially, and educationally in successive generations. What was done in Northwest DC was repeated around the country. The final panel challenges today’s citizens to invent ways to Undesign the consequences of what were once legal racial and religious exclusions.Come with questions and with stories. Watch this short video to learn more. Contact Caryn McTighe Musil if you would like to go on this Field Trip (cmusil@outlook.com).