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SOURCE: The Atlantic
2/21/2021
The Prices on Your Monopoly Board Hold a Dark Secret
The value hierarchy of properties on the Monopoly game board reflect the history of Atlantic City; the game was created as the Great Migration brought African Americans north to New Jersey and spurred northern cities and their white residents to create and defend residential segregation.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
7/28/2019
Candy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards
A schoolteacher created the popular board game, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, for quarantined children. An Object Lesson.
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