is working out. this is the black that i grew up on. this was my place of refuge. it was our retreat. it was our sanctuary. it was our castle. it was home. and you didn't know this is the only place your family and families like yours could live. i didn't know robin ruth simmons grew up in evanston's fifth ward. this is the red line map just north of chicago, where banks in the city refused to give mortgage loans to black families. until 1969 there were specific anti black zoning laws. the housing practices that um, are responsible for our racial segregation. not only our physical segregation but our wealth gaps and homeownership gaps. discriminatory housing policy led simmons, former alderwoman to push for reparations, which is highlighted in the documentary the big payback, senator mitch mcconnell and others oppose tried to deal with our original