Across the country, redlining and other state sanctioned segregation practices have resulted in longstanding inequities for black residents and other people of color. In the City of Jackson, where 82 percent of the residents are of African American descent and 31 percent live below the poverty line, this legacy is particularly profound. As climate impacts intensify, frontline communities are the least financially prepared to adapt to higher temperatures, and already suffer from many of the cardiac and pulmonary health challenges that sustained levels of heat and humidity can exacerbate.