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The Politics Of Race, Class, And Gentrification In The Atl, Keith Jennings

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Methodologically, the essay uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine gentrification from a race, class, and gender perspective. Within the essay a number of the dynamics directly associated with Atlanta’s political economy and the impact those dynamics are having on issues such as affordable housing, poverty, and Black employment and underemployment are analyzed. While not a central focus of the essay, the changes taking place outside of Atlanta in several counties, as a result of the push and pull effect in the metropolitan region, are briefly discussed.

Uncovering The Buried Truth In Richmond: Former Confederate Capital Tries To Memorialize Its Shameful History Of Slavery, Howard Manly

Trotter Review

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones had the noblest of intentions.

With Virginia’s capital having a poverty rate of nearly 25 percent, no one blamed Jones, a child of the sixties and preacher by calling, for trying to develop prime riverfront property to generate revenue to create more jobs, better schools, and housing.

But when Jones unveiled a proposal in 2013 that included building a new baseball stadium near one of the city’s historic slave burial grounds in Shockoe Bottom, it was, by all accounts, troubling to historic preservationists and Black community activists. “Shameful” was one of the words most often …

Ua3/3/1 President's Office-Thompson Subject/Correspondence File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Correspondence to and from WKU President Kelly Thompson regarding university administration and other issues, arranged alphabetically by subject and correspondent.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal Commission, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 24 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding the Urban Renewal Commission. Includes correspondence and lists of property purchased.

• Downing, Dero
• Largen, Harry
• Memo to Kelly Thompson from Dero Downing outlining paperwork needed to add properties to the Jonesville Renewal Project with exhibits:
• Exhibit 1: letter from Arch Daniels to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 2: letter from Kelly Thompson to Charles Cherches
• Exhibit 3: letter from Charles Cherches to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 4: list of WKU purchases along Russellville Road prior to Jonesville Project. List is in lot number order and lists date purchased, grantee, property description …

Ua3/3/1 Condemnation Of Property, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in box 19, folder 38 of President Kelly Thompson’s Subject/Correspondence File regarding Jonesville property. Consists of condemnation list, correspondence, maps and property descriptions.

• Alexander, Ellen
• Appraisals
• Coleman, Robert
• Condemnation File, 12/20/1960
• Condemnation Proceedings - Jonesville, 11/28/1960
• Cox, Lennie
• Cox, Mrs. Linnie
• Information Pertaining to Property Facing Russellville Road
• Johnson, Ida
• Jonesville, KY
• Kentucky. Finance Department
• Regents (WKU)
• Taylor, Charles
• Taylor, Dan
• Taylor, Will
• Thompson, Kelly
• Warren County Tax Assessor

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 21 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Includes correspondence, project budgets, planning map and agreements.

• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency & WKU, 4/16/1965
• Bates, Georgia
• Downing, Dero
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• Jonesville
• Lawson, Owen
• Milliken & Milliken
• Resolution That the Commission Council Amend the Jonesville Urban Renewal Loan & Grant Contract to Include an Additional $25,000.00 Non Cash Credit, nd
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 22 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. The documents are undated and include agreements, budgets and a list of properties.

• Agreement between Bowling Green and the Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency, nd
• Bowling Green. City Council
• Estimate of Federal Grant Requirements
• Jonesville
• List of Jonesville property by Lot Number, listing owner, 1st, 2nd & 3rd appraisal, HHFA amount
• Thompson, Kelly
• Urban Renewal Plan, nd

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 23 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. This file is comprised entirely of newspaper clippings:

• Almost $2 Million in Federal Funds Set for Renewal Work, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Bowling Green’s Loop District, PCDN, 7/18/1962
• Chances of Early Okay for Project Improved, PCDN, 7/21/1963
• Disquieting Assault on Urban Renewal, np, 3/30/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Two Votes Advance Renewal Planning, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Duncan, Tom. Western to Expand in 33-Acre Tract, LCJ, 3/17/1964
• Extension of Adams Street Hits Snag, np, 11/12/1963
• Hearing Set on Western’s Development Plans, np, 2/14/1964
• Jonesville Project Established, np, 3/17/1964
• Okay Part …

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 20 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding urban renewal in Jonesville. Documents include correspondence, agreements, campus development plan, draft ordinances and a list of property purchased by Western Kentucky University.

• Addendum to Agreement between Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and Bowling Green, 1/15/1964
• Agreement between Bowling Green Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency and WKU, 11/4/1964
• Campus Development Plan
• Downing, Dero
• Jonesville
• Kentucky. Dept. of Finance
• List of owners
• Ordinance Approving the Development Program or Plan of Western Kentucky State College
• Taylor Heads Group Opposing Urban Renewal, PCDN, 2/27/1964
• Taylor, J.H.
• Thompson, Kelly
• U.S. …

Ua3/3/1 Condemnation Of Property, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in oversize box 143 folder 10 of President Kelly Thompson’s Subject/Correspondence File regarding Jonesville property. Consists of correspondence and court orders.

• Board of Regents of WKSC et al vs. Ida Belle Johnson, et al
• Coleman, Robert
• Jonesville, KY
• Kentucky. Finance
• Kentucky. Purchases
• Lawsuits
• Report of Commissioners
• Thompson, Kelly