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Manipulation of racist attitudes for real estate profit
Blockbusting is a business practice in the United States in which real estate agents and building developers convinced residents in a particular area to
Blockbusting
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up blockbusting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blockbusting is an unethical business practice used in the United States real estate market.
Blockbusting_(disambiguation)
Combinatorial game solved using overheating
of Blockbusting may be used as the basis of a strategy for the combinatorial game of Domineering. Berlekamp, Elwyn R (1988-09-01). "Blockbusting and
Blockbusting_(game)
Most populous city in Illinois, US
blacks continued, the real estate industry practiced what became known as blockbusting, completely changing the racial composition of whole neighborhoods. Structural
Chicago
Capital and most populous city of Georgia, U.S.
disenfranchisement of most voters. In 1961, the city attempted to thwart blockbusting by realtors by erecting road barriers in Cascade Heights, countering
Atlanta
Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of highest-grossing biographical films
List_of_highest-grossing_biographical_films
1972 film by Francis Ford Coppola
9, 2026. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
The_Godfather
ISBN 978-0-299-11440-4. Block, Alex Ben; Autrey Wilson, Lucy (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List_of_James_Bond_films
Mass exodus of white people from areas becoming more diverse
leave their destroyed community. The real estate business practice of "blockbusting" was a for-profit catalyst for white flight, and a means to control non-white
White_flight
Systemic denial of services to some areas
alternative pretext for higher rates. Neighborhoods which were targeted for blockbusting were also subject to reverse redlining. In the 1960s, sociologist John
Redlining
American actor and film producer (born 1962)
2025. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Tom_Cruise
American rapper (1964–1995)
California, a middle-class Los Angeles suburb that was experiencing blockbusting. His father was a postal worker and his mother was a grade-school administrator
Eazy-E
American actor (born 1974)
2019. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Leonardo_DiCaprio
2017. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of highest-grossing films
List_of_highest-grossing_films
City in New York, United States
did, the area experienced white flight accelerated by school busing, blockbusting, and race riots downtown, and crime increased, with violence, drug use
Rochester,_New_York
Annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
2, 2026. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture
British motoring TV show (2002–2022)
life... featuring breath-taking stunts, amazing special effects and blockbusting driving sequences featuring some of the world's best precision drivers"
Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)
1939 film by Victor Fleming
Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)
Phases of racial segregation after the freeing of the slaves in 1865 in the United States
and de facto business segregation after the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906; blockbusting and black residential expansion starting in the 1950s; and gradual integration
Racial_segregation_in_Atlanta
1937 American animated musical fantasy film
Francis. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)
1968 film by Stanley Kubrick
2007. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
2001:_A_Space_Odyssey
City in New York, United States
suburbs. However, the effects of redlining, steering, social inequality, blockbusting, white flight and other racial policies resulted in the city (and region)
Buffalo,_New_York
1991 video game
Popils, known in Europe as Popils The Blockbusting Challenge and in Japan as Magical Puzzle Popils (マジカルパズル・ポピルズ), is a stage-based puzzle-platform game
Popils
actors Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of highest-paid film actors
List_of_highest-paid_film_actors
1950s and 60s youth subculture in the United States
(New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1989), pp. 28, 272. Orser, W. E., Blockbusting in Baltimore: The Edmondson Village Story (Lexington: UPK, 1994), p.
Greaser_(subculture)
Largest city in Maryland, United States
Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Vol. 1. Orser, Edward W. (1994). Blockbusting in Baltimore: the Edmonston Village Story. University Press of Kentucky
Baltimore
1965 film by Robert Wise
Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
The_Sound_of_Music_(film)
1959 American epic film directed by William Wyler
19, 1959. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Ben-Hur_(1959_film)
Referendum on housing discrimination
continued. As an example, an insidious form of segregation known as blockbusting occurred in East Palo Alto. In 1954, a white resident sold his house
1964 California Proposition 14
1964_California_Proposition_14
American novelist
bluegrass country, Variety, July 9, 2006 Thomas S. Watson, 'Wife of blockbusting producer restores town', Daily News, October 11, 1998 [1] "The Linda
Linda_Bruckheimer
American actor (born 1938)
g12. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Elliott_Gould
American actress (born 1977)
Couple Emily Regular role; 38 episodes 2017 I'm Sorry Grocery Woman Episode: "Weekend Alone" 2023 The Wonder Years Judy Hitman Episode: "Blockbusting"
Lindsay_Sloane
American actor and comedian (born 1974)
executive producer and writer 2023 The Wonder Years Terrence Episode: "Blockbusting" 2023–2024 Extended Family Trey Lead role 2025 Home Delivery (2025) Jimmy
Donald_Faison
2001 DreamWorks Animation film
Powell,... Alex Ben Block, Lucy Autrey Wilson (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Shrek
1988 film directed by Robert Zemeckis
2010. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit
2019. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of highest-grossing animated films
List_of_highest-grossing_animated_films
1956 film by Cecil B. DeMille
ISBN 978-0813123240. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
The Ten Commandments (1956 film)
The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film)
City in California, United States
developer Joseph Eichler, who built almost 3,000 homes in Palo Alto. Blockbusting strategies were also employed to instill fear in white neighborhoods
Palo_Alto,_California
2024 American historical drama television series
"'Shōgun was so refreshing for the Japanese': Takashi Murakami on his blockbusting return". The Guardian. December 10, 2024. Emberwing, Amelia (December
Shōgun_(2024_TV_series)
American actress (1911–1937)
ISBN 978-0-520-26048-1. Block, Alex Ben; Autrey Wilson, Lucy (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Jean_Harlow
1987 film by Jim Drake
2026. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police_Academy_4:_Citizens_on_Patrol
1976 film by John G. Avildsen
link] Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Rocky
Operations adjusting incentives of combinatorial games
Overheating was generalised by Elwyn Berlekamp for the analysis of Blockbusting. Chilling (or unheating) and warming are variants used in the analysis
Cooling and heating (combinatorial game theory)
Cooling_and_heating_(combinatorial_game_theory)
City in California, United States
time. He did this by "blockbusting," which is a strategy that was employed all over the country to similar results. Blockbusting involves instilling panic
East_Palo_Alto,_California
homes there. However, by the late 1950s, such efforts proved futile as blockbusting drove whites to sell their homes in neighborhoods such as Adamsville
History_of_Atlanta
German and American actress (1901–1992)
Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autry (30 March 2010). George Lucas's blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Marlene_Dietrich
American animation studio
364–367 Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios
American fiction writer (born 1946)
to Star Wars if the film was unsuccessful. However, Star Wars was a blockbusting success, and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) would be developed instead
Alan_Dean_Foster
Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States
were moving to other areas. School integration in the subsequent years, blockbusting, and subsequent ethnic turmoil encouraged many remaining families to
North_Hollywood,_Los_Angeles
2017 book by Richard Rothstein
history of subsidized housing and discusses the phenomena of white flight, blockbusting, and racial covenants, and their role in housing segregation. Rothstein
The_Color_of_Law
1958 film by Alfred Hitchcock
(2010). Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (eds.). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Vertigo_(film)
November 2020. Block, Alex Ben; Autrey Wilson, Lucy (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Portrayal of James Bond in film
Portrayal_of_James_Bond_in_film
2016 Canadian comedy-drama television series
suspect the building manager is trying to force them out as part of a blockbusting scheme. Meanwhile, Don is offered a retirement package and must determine
Private_Eyes_(TV_series)
Neighborhood of Baltimore in Maryland, United States
in Edmondson Village as a result of the real estate sales process of blockbusting between 1955 and 1965. According to The Corner: A Year in the Life of
Edmondson_Village,_Baltimore
American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director (born 1958)
2025. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Steve_Guttenberg
2021 American television sitcom
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The Wonder Years (2021 TV series)
The_Wonder_Years_(2021_TV_series)
French tennis player (born 1984)
Richard (6 July 2007). "Brosnan gives Bartoli licence to thrill on way to blockbusting victory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 April 2026. "Kuznetsova
Marion_Bartoli
City in Ohio, United States
Heights avoided many of the problems created from practices such as blockbusting and white flight. In 1986, the city began the Fund for the Future of
Shaker_Heights,_Ohio
Urban socioeconomic process
with high income-oriented new housing)—a gentrification process called "blockbusting". As of 2011[update], gentrification in Canada has proceeded quickly
Gentrification
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1977_in_film
Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autry (March 30, 2010). George Lucas's blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
1931_in_film
1932 American film
Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autry (March 30, 2010). George Lucas's blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Shanghai_Express_(film)
2021. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List_of_most_expensive_films
Decade of the Gregorian calendar (1930–1939)
Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (30 March 2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
1930s
1969 James Bond film by Peter R. Hunt
ISBN 978-0-8032-6240-9. Block, Alex Ben; Autrey Wilson, Lucy (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)
On_Her_Majesty's_Secret_Service_(film)
1972–1990 film series directed by Francis Ford Coppola
22, 2020. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
The_Godfather_(film_series)
United States historic place
heavily in the east side and adopting housing policies which discouraged blockbusting and resegregation, ultimately causing the village to become diverse and
Oak_Park_Village_Hall
1970 film by Robert Altman
2010. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
M*A*S*H_(film)
2023. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of biggest box-office bombs
List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs
1997 American fantasy comedy film by Tom Shadyac
9, 2010. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Liar_Liar
1966 film by Daniel Mann
studio clambering aboard the espionage bandwagon, indications point to blockbusting biz if film is properly exploited." Filmink argued "a great deal of"
Our_Man_Flint
1984 American film by Hugh Wilson
E. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Police_Academy_(film)
Poor racially segregated urban neighborhoods in the United States
– the exodus of whites out of the inner city into the suburbs – and blockbusting in the 1960s and 70s. Minorities continued to migrate into the red zoned
American_ghettos
PNG international rugby league footballer
Kolo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer, a blockbusting forward who plays for the newly formed club Gulf Isapeas in the Digicel
Nickson_Kolo
1985 film directed by Jerry Paris
E. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police_Academy_2:_Their_First_Assignment
1927 film by Alan Crosland
15, 2021. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
The_Jazz_Singer
Royals in 1956, demographic shifts and homeowner fears exacerbated by blockbusting in 1962, the Division Street riots in 1966, and finally the arrival of
History of gangs in Humboldt Park
History_of_gangs_in_Humboldt_Park
2025 Chinese film
IMDb. Hoad, Phil (30 January 2025). "Detective Chinatown 1900 review – blockbusting Chinese franchise goes back in time". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 February
Detective_Chinatown_1900
Topics referred to by the same term
All pages with titles containing Block Buster Block (disambiguation) Blockbusting (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Blockbuster
July 2011. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of highest-grossing sports films
List_of_highest-grossing_sports_films
DC Comics superhero adaptations
Autrey; Lucas, George; Coppola, Francis Ford (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Superman_in_film
1916 film directed by D. W. Griffith
2023. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Intolerance_(film)
Neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, US
population of Mattapan was largely Caucasian, but starting in the late 1960s, blockbusting intentionally designed to destabilize the neighborhood drove many long-term
Mattapan
Hamlet and census-designated place in New York, United States
once had a predominantly-white population, white flight and real estate blockbusting became a major issue during the postwar housing boom in the 1950s and
Roosevelt,_New_York
1988 film by Alan Myerson
IMDb. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Police_Academy_5:_Assignment_Miami_Beach
2004 DreamWorks Animation film
Alex Ben Block, Lucy Autrey Wilson (March 30, 2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
Shrek_2
Former design program at Stanford University
published Experiences in Visual Thinking, and Jim Adams', Conceptual Blockbusting, a Guide to Better Ideas. The "loft" was a bootleg attic space in Building
Stanford Joint Program in Design
Stanford_Joint_Program_in_Design
Neighborhood in New York City
Bedford–Stuyvesant. In the 1950s, real estate agents and speculators employed blockbusting to turn a profit. As a result, formerly middle-class white homes were
Bedford–Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn
2026-06-05. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of highest-grossing action films
List_of_highest-grossing_action_films
British bowyer
of Master craftsmen. He has manufactured archery equipment for such blockbusting cinematography as Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, The 13th Warrior, Eragon
Steve_Ralphs
Township in Bergen County, New Jersey
substantially starting in the 1960s, accompanied by white flight triggered by blockbusting efforts of township real estate agencies. In 1965, after a struggle to
Teaneck,_New_Jersey
Migrations in the US from 1940 to 1970
in the inner city. White flight was driven in part by the process of blockbusting. White property owners, fearful of minority groups, sold their homes
Second Great Migration (African American)
Second_Great_Migration_(African_American)
Neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
suburbs, certain Boston banks and real estate companies developed a blockbusting plan for the area. The Blue Hill Avenue area was "redlined" so that only
Dorchester,_Boston
American actor
Samuel Rogers 12 episodes 2023 The Wonder Years Herb Hitman Episode: "Blockbusting" 2017-25 Venice: The Series Nate/Detective Nick Pfander 12 episodes 2025
Gregory_Zarian
Neighborhood of Cincinnati in Hamilton, Ohio, United States
encouraged the demographic transition of the neighborhood through redlining, blockbusting, and racial steering. The Bond Hill-Roselawn Community Council was founded
Bond_Hill,_Cincinnati
2022–2024 concert residency by Adele
spectacular, eccentric yet slick and richly emotional" and "an absolutely blockbusting, heart-soaring show packed with personality". NME's Will Richards described
Weekends_with_Adele
American life insurance company
families in racially integrated neighborhoods. This came in the wake of blockbusting in East Palo Alto after a white family sold their home to a Black family
Prudential_Financial
Ben-Hur". Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets
List of highest-grossing fantasy films
List_of_highest-grossing_fantasy_films
Community area in Chicago, Illinois
the 1950s and 1960s the community witnessed the combined effects of blockbusting by unscrupulous real estate agents and the ensuing white flight resulting
Roseland,_Chicago
Village in Illinois, United States
Black residents moved in, a process accelerated by racial steering and blockbusting. These practices produced rapid racial change across the West Side, including
Oak_Park,_Illinois
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Young queen, Princess
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Arabic, Australian, French, Hebrew
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Night (Black Foot).
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Gift from God.
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Indian, Telugu
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, ornament; red; or, rich (?).
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Irish (mainly County Clare)
Irish (mainly County Clare) : shortened form of O’Haugh, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachach ‘descendant of Eochu’, possibly a pet form of Eochaidh, Eachaidh (see Haughey).English : topographic name from Middle English haw, haugh ‘enclosure’ (Old English haga), or a habitational name from a place named with this word such as Haugh in Lincolnshire. Compare Haw.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a nook or hollow, from Middle English haulgh ‘nook’, ‘hollow’, ‘recess’ (Old English h(e)alh; see Hale), or a habitational name from Haulgh in Lancashire, named from this word.
Surname or Lastname
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English : habitational name from any of various places called Newstead, in particular the one in Nottinghamshire, which is named from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + stede ‘monastic site’.
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