That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town
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.
Directed by Hannah Brown Ayers
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- Ann Wicks Carter
- Holly Edwards Herself
- Ann Wicks Carter Herself
- Kathy Johnson Harris Herself
- Joy Johnson Himself
- Teresa Price Jackson Herself
Make it a double feature
2h 21m together
That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town
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