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This important paper traces the changing experience of growing up in Pittsburgh's Hill District in three distinct eras. AUTHOR: Eva-Maria...

This groundbreaking special section of the Roanoke Times presented the city's history of urban renewal. AUTHOR: Mary Bishop. PUBLISHED:...

This paper describes the recurrent upheaval that has undermined stability of African American communities over a 100 year period. AUTHOR:...

This paper presents Mindy Fullilove's concept of "root shock," based on the lifestory of David Jenkins and Mary Bishop's reporting on...

This comic book based on the essay Root Shock: The Consequences of African American Dispossession and adapted/illustrated by Michelle...

This essay draws on findings in the psychology of place to propose three areas of psychiatric distress after geographic displacement....

This "scrapbook" is collected documents of an 18-month project to examine the legacy and ongoing threat of displacement in Pittsburgh's...

This paper presents interviews with men and women from "East" and "West" Berlin as they they lived through the rise and fall of the Wall....

NPR's Tavis Smiley has a conversation with Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove about her book Root Shock, which explores urban renewal programs...

Battle for Brooklyn is a film by RUMUR about eminent domain abuse and the development of a professional basketball arena in Brooklyn....