Urban-Renewal

Federal-Aid Highway Act Creates Interstate System, Enables Destruction of Black Urban Neighborhoods

1956-06-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On June 29, 1956, President Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, creating the Interstate Highway System—the largest public works project in American history. While celebrated as an engineering triumph, the $25 billion program (equivalent to over $300 billion today) systematically …

Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. Congress Bureau of Public Roads General Motors American Petroleum Institute +2 more infrastructure institutional-racism urban-renewal corporate-interests automotive-industry

Housing Act of 1954 Expands Urban Renewal, Intensifies Destruction of Black Communities

1954-08-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On August 2, 1954, President Eisenhower signed the Housing Act of 1954, dramatically expanding the urban renewal program that had begun with the 1949 Housing Act. The law introduced the “workable program” requirement for federal funds, mandated comprehensive planning, and provided new …

Dwight D. Eisenhower U.S. Congress Urban Renewal Administration Real estate industry Robert Moses institutional-racism urban-renewal housing-policy displacement corporate-interests