Through the early 1960s, the Charlottesville neighborhood of Vinegar Hill was a center of Black property ownership, business, and culture for African American residents that had been built by formerly enslaved men and men. However, in 1960, the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority authorized the redevelopment of Vinegar Hill, with the support of federal urban renewal funds, destroying this important community.

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c. 1964

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