By, Chris Lukinbeal, Professor, Geography 205 Places in the Media course.

This is a University of Arizona, General Education class that has an emphasis in the humanities and diversity and equity.  This atlas consist of 6 different modules, each with their own theme.  Module 7 presents some conluding remarks about the project.

Table of Contents

Module 1: LA in Black & White 

A comparison of the racial geographies of "To Live and Die In LA"  and "I Love LA" music videos.

Module 2: Places in "To Live and Die"

The Places that make up "To Live and Die In LA"  with URLS and a description of the intersection of Florence / Normandie intersection.

Module 3: Levittown, Daisy and William Myers Geographic Case Study 

This module is a case study of Daisy and William Myers in Levittown and put it into context by looking at black and white race density maps from the US Census.

Module 4: Levittown, Suburbanization and Redlining 

In this module we going to put Levittown in context with Redlining practices in the same area. 

Module 5: Native Lands & Land Acknowledgment 

In this module we will also look at why Land Grant Universities in the United States are doing territorial land acknowledgement statements and the geographic information behind Native Lands and Territorial Rights.

Module 6: Inequality in the US in a Global Context 

In this module we take a closer look at how inequalities in the United States compare to other Countries around the World

Module 7: Conclusions