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      this is showing how fast television became popular in the U.S. after WWII. once broadcasting started in 1947, almost everyone wanted a TV, and within a few years most households had one

    2. Law and custom in the South hardened antiblack restrictions. But through a series of carefully chosen and contested court cases concerning education,

      this is saying that racism in the South wasn’t just social, it was also built into laws and everyday customs but change started happening through court cases, especially around education, where people began challenging those unfair laws.

    3. A look at the relationship between federal organizations such as the HOLC, the FHA, and private banks, lenders, and real estate agents tells the story of standardized policies that produced a segregated housing market.

      this part is explaining how the government and banks basically worked together to create segregation in housing. they used these maps to label neighborhoods by risk, but really it was based on race, since areas with minorities were marked as dangerous