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Month: October 2019

October 26, 2019October 27, 2019 jordyyager

Searching for Covenants: 1 in every 3 deeds

Eek! It’s been SEVEN whole months since I last posted. I’m so sorry. It won't happen again. I will say it's been a rather busy 7 months: Talks to teachers, talks to the community, and talks at the Maupintown Film Festival. Also, I officially started my digital humanities fellowship at the Jefferson School African American Heritage … Continue reading Searching for Covenants: 1 in every 3 deeds

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By 1940, more than 600 deeds in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods had racist covenants in them, preventing Black residents from living there.
Last year @cvillejeffschool received support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s @savingplaces to help tell the stories and history of Black property in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
TIL: In the 1920s-30s, the U.S. passed a series of racist licensure requirements for barbers, aimed at putting Black barbershops out of business.

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