Children's Lived Spaces in the Inner CityThis important paper traces the changing experience of growing up in Pittsburgh's Hill District in three distinct eras. AUTHOR: Eva-Maria...
Street by Street, Block by Block: How Urban Renewal Uprooted Black RoanokeThis groundbreaking special section of the Roanoke Times presented the city's history of urban renewal. AUTHOR: Mary Bishop. PUBLISHED:...
Serial Forced Displacement in American Cities, 1916–2010This paper describes the recurrent upheaval that has undermined stability of African American communities over a 100 year period. AUTHOR:...
Root Shock: The Consequences of African American DispossessionThis paper presents Mindy Fullilove's concept of "root shock," based on the lifestory of David Jenkins and Mary Bishop's reporting on...