A Black Neighborhood and a #College Both Wanted to Expand. Now One of Them Is Gone.
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Sixty-plus years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, #Virginia, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college.

The #school has been gobbling up the remaining #houses ever since.

propublica.org/article/how-vir

@motoridersd So yeah, that’s my alma mater. And my employer for the last 23 years!

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@shane @motoridersd so what's the attitude of people there about it? Even if they didn't know about it before, surely the article made rounds there

@mapto @motoridersd We all knew the history of the university and we often heard the “we didn’t use eminent domain” to grow nonsense but while that might be technically true it surely looks awful in hindsight. Now that the facts are all laid out, I have a different perspective when I drive by the properties on the way to work. I’m really curious if our new president will comment on it. He just started July 1.

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