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Through lecture and classroom discussion, students will learn to analyze primary sources and contextualize their findings within the field of U.S. history. Topics include the formation of public and private housing policy; social citizenship and its race, class, and gender exclusions; urban and suburban development; civil rights, Black Power, and tenant movements; environmental racism; predatory subprime lending; and contemporary housing politics in Baltimore and beyond. Students will complete short written assignments and a case-study research project for their final exam. Prior experience studying twentieth-century U.S. history is preferred.