NEW · QUIZ
Mill Creek Valley — what really happened
Six questions about the densest Black neighborhood in the Midwest, the federal program that erased it, and the evidence still in our archive.
- GRADE BAND
- Grades 8–12
- TIME
- About 6 minutes
- QUESTIONS
- 6
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