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  • How the media profited from ‘restricted’ neighborhoods that barred Black buyers

    Apr 26, 2022 11:15 am by The Philadelphia InquirerIllinois in the News
    An illustration from an ad that was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1925.

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    • An illustration from an ad that was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1925.

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (April 26) 'The population in the city shifted from the ‘20s (onward) and, from the beginning, elite newspapers’ readers were the white flight audience,' says U of I journalism professor Nikki Usher.