of the piece as well as the lack of drama. This critic acknowledged that he hadn't watched all episodes that were provided to critics before air dates. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans felt the show was too long, and called it slow. The New York Times featured a discussion between Simon and Senator Cory Booker, drawing parallels between Booker's family's experience growing up in New Jersey where his family was the only black family – and had to take difficult measures to buy their house – and the situation in Yonkers, as well as comparable historical and current scenarios today [2015]. In 1969, to move into town, Booker's family went to Harrington Park, New Jersey's Fair Housing Council represented by a Caucasian couple to break the social covenants of the town housing market. Awards and nominations References Further reading Belkin, Lisa. Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption. Boston: Little, Brown, 1999. . . First chapter of Belkin's book. De Souza Briggs, Xavier N., and Joe T. Darden. Effects of Scattered-Site Public Housing on Neighboring Property Values in Yonkers, New York. Cambridge, Mass.: Joint Center for Housing Studies, Graduate School of Design [and] John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1996. . De Souza Briggs, Xavier N., Joe T. Darden, Angela Aidala. In the Wake of Desegregation: Early Impacts of Scattered-Site Public Housing on Neighborhoods in Yonkers, New York APA Journal. Chicago: Journal of American Planning Association. Vol. 65, No. 1. Winter 1999. . Haynes, Bruce D. Red Lines, Black Spaces The Politics of Race and Space in a Black Middle-Class Suburb. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. . . Heyward, Andrew, et al. "Not On My Street." 48 Hours. New York: CBS, Inc, 1988. September 29, 1998 TV news feature. . Kavanagh, Bill, Linda Porto, Donna Bailey, Sylke Froechtenigt, Peter Stein, and Miki Navazio. Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story (website) . New York: Kavanagh Productions Inc, 2007. Documentary. Newman, Oscar. Creating Defensible Space. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 1996. . . External links 2010s American drama television miniseries 2015 American television series debuts 2015 American television series endings 2010s American political television series American biographical series English-language television shows HBO original programming Television series set in 1987 Television series set in 1988 Television series set in 1989 Television series set in