This project reveals how racial and economic divisions in the hometown of Richard Pryor in Peoria Illinois. The project exposes the systems full of inequality, social divides and segregation. It turns this archival research into a public tool to understand structural racism, social mobility, and cultural resilience and why it matters today. By preserving and sharing these stories, the project encourages reflection o how inequality has shaped American communities.
Peoria by the numbers: black residents were concentrated in a few neighborhoods (Black Segregation in Peoria)