In Palm Springs, California,trees once planted for ‘racist’ reasons will be removed

By: Corinne S. Kennedy

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Christopher Williams rakes the needles of the tamarisk trees that dominate his backyard and other homes in the Crossley Tract neighborhood of Palm Springs, Calif. The trees form a physical barrier between the historically black neighborhood and the Tahquitz Creek Golf Course. (Photo: Jay Calderon, The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun)

Palm Springs (California) will remove a row of tamarisk trees blocking a historically African American neighborhood from the city-owned Tahquitz Creek Golf Course.

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