Topic: African Americans

Flint is described as having been one of the most segregated cities in the United States, with African Americans historically restricted to only two neighborhoods. Anna Clark details the systemic barriers used to maintain this segregation, including redlining and the exclusion of Black real estate agents from professional boards. Despite passing a landmark fair housing ordinance, the city suffered from a lack of generational wealth due to discriminatory hiring practices at General Motors.

In 1940, approximately 19 million people lived in U.S. overseas territories, meaning one in eight U.S. nationals was colonized. This population was statistically larger than the African-American or immigrant populations in the United States at that time. The periphery served as a critical site for military testing, medical experiments, and the early careers of several U.S. presidents.

African-American laborers were lured to Navassa Island with false promises of a tropical paradise, only to face brutal conditions mining guano. In 1889, the workers revolted against their white overseers, resulting in five deaths and a subsequent landmark Supreme Court case. The legal defense argued the U.S. had no jurisdiction over the island, forcing the court to formally define the status of overseas territories.

James Grundvig discusses the 1986 Act that protects vaccine makers from liability and the work of Wayne Rohde regarding the Vaccine Court. He details how the CDC allegedly manipulated data in an Atlanta study to hide an increased risk of autism among African American males. Grundvig reveals he possesses the "Thompson files," which contain handwritten notes documenting the destruction of records related to this study.