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Parramore And The Interstate 4: A World Torn Asunder (1880-1980), Yuri K. Gama
Parramore And The Interstate 4: A World Torn Asunder (1880-1980), Yuri K. Gama
Master of Liberal Studies Theses
The present project centers on how the African American community of Parramore in Orlando, Florida, became a low-income neighborhood. Based on a timeline from 1880 to 1980 and the construction of the Interstate 4, this thesis investigates Parramore’s decline grounded in the effects of urban sprawl and racial oppression. Among the effects that contributed to the neighborhood's decline in the postwar era were the closing of black schools and the migration of black residents to other places after the 1960s; the disruption of the neighborhood with the construction of highways and public housing; and the lack of investment in new …