Race and Diversity in Suburbia: Police and Community Working Together

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A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled African American Women in Suburbia. It consists of a three white DVDs (2022.90.3.1abc) with the program title, date and college logo printed on each of them. The first DVD (a) opens with Dr. Philip Dolce welcoming the everyone to the program. He also invites several individuals to provide opening remarks including William Corcoran, Frank Regino, and Jim Tedesco. Their remarks are followed by Prof. Maureen Ellis Davis, who delivers a lecture on changes in suburbia during the 20th century. Topics discussed in her lecture include the distinction between community and neighborhood; some of the factors that facilitated suburbanization; legislation and practices that affect housing; redlining; the development of Levittown; the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1965; and white flight. Her lecture is followed by Nobel Wray's presentation on implicit bias and policing. The second DVD (b) continues with Nobel Wray's lecture on implicit bias.

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