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That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town
Documentary, History - 2010
That World Is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town
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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.
Cast:
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Ann Wicks Carter
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Holly Edwards
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Kathy Johnson Harris
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Joy Johnson
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Teresa Price Jackson

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Rated:
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Runtime:
21 min
Release date:
4 Nov 2010
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
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