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The Family #Photographs That Helped Us Investigate How a University Displaced a #Black Community
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A longtime resident of the Shoe Lane area in #Virginia chronicled the life of his community as it was demolished by Christopher Newport University.

His photographs helped a reporter seek #accountability.

#News #Richmond #Race #RealEstate #Property #Community #Education

https://www.propublica.org/article/family-photos-of-shoe-lane-destruction


Photos Document the Demolition of a Black Community in Virginia

A longtime resident of the Shoe Lane area in Virginia chronicled the life of his community as it was demolished by Christopher Newport University. His photographs helped a reporter seek accountability.
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#News #community #education #Black #photographs #race #virginia #realestate #accountability #property #richmond

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Read our full "Uprooted" series — investigating how Virginia colleges expanded by displacing Black communities — here:

https://www.propublica.org/series/uprooted


Uprooted

In the second half of the 20th century, the establishment and expansion of public universities across Virginia uprooted Black families, hindering their efforts to accumulate wealth in the most American way — homeownership.
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