Urban Renewal and the End of Black Culture in Charlottesville, Virginia

An Oral History of Vinegar Hill

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, History
Cover of the book Urban Renewal and the End of Black Culture in Charlottesville, Virginia by James Robert Saunders, Renae Nadine Shackelford, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Author: James Robert Saunders, Renae Nadine Shackelford ISBN: 9781476632384
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: August 29, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: James Robert Saunders, Renae Nadine Shackelford
ISBN: 9781476632384
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: August 29, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

From the 1920s through the 1950s, the center of black social and business life in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the area known as Vinegar Hill. But in 1960, noting the prevalence of aging frame houses and “substandard” conditions such as outdoor toilets, voters decided that Vinegar Hill would be redeveloped. Charlottesville’s black residents lost a cultural center, largely because they were deprived of a voice in government. Vinegar Hill’s displaced residents discuss the loss of homes and businesses and the impact of the project on black life in Charlottesville. The interviews raise questions about motivations behind urban renewal. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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From the 1920s through the 1950s, the center of black social and business life in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the area known as Vinegar Hill. But in 1960, noting the prevalence of aging frame houses and “substandard” conditions such as outdoor toilets, voters decided that Vinegar Hill would be redeveloped. Charlottesville’s black residents lost a cultural center, largely because they were deprived of a voice in government. Vinegar Hill’s displaced residents discuss the loss of homes and businesses and the impact of the project on black life in Charlottesville. The interviews raise questions about motivations behind urban renewal. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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