About this episode

This episode explores the impact of redlining on Black families in Southern California and their migration to Palmdale and the High Desert.

In this episode of Welcome to LA: A look at redlining in Southern California. A story about how Black families are being priced-out of LA and moving to Palmdale and other cities of the High Desert. Also some rock and roll.

People in this episode

Host: David Weinberg

Topics covered

• redlining
• Black families
• housing crisis
• Southern California
• migration
• rock and roll

Keywords

• redlining
• Black families
• housing
• LA
• Palmdale
• High Desert
• migration
• rock and roll

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Southern California, LA, Palmdale, High Desert

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