Race-Coded Map of Phoenix

Race-Coded Map of Phoenix
Across the nation, city-planning maps of the 1920s and 1930s organized cities according to race. Phoenix planners and engineers developed this map in the 1930s. Orange marked the location of "Mexicans," yellow denoted "Anglos," and green indicated where "Blacks" lived within Phoenix. | Date: 1937 | Source: Office of the City of Engineer, City of Phoenix, February 1937; taken from <book title> | Rights: Phoenix Office of Historic Preservation, Department of Planning, City of Phoenix.
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