That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town
November 2010
Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neighborhood, and her block was empty. Federally-funded urban renewal had arrived in Charlottesville, scattering dozens of families like Kathy's. The once-vibrant African American community, built by formerly enslaved men and women who had secured a long-denied piece of the American dream, disappeared.
Runtime:
21 minutes
Status:
Released
Original Language:
en
Budget:
N/A
Revenue:
N/A
Director:
Hannah Brown Ayers