Resources

Children's Lived Spaces in the Inner City

This 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 Roanoke

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

Root Shock: The Consequences of African American Dispossession

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

Psychiatric Implications of Displacement: Contributions from the Psychology of Place

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