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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...