Black neighborhood in Newport News was dismantled in the 1960s to make way for what’s now Christopher Newport University

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – In 1961, Newport News City Councilman Fred Christie asked all citizens to join hands as an entirely white City Council voted 5-2 to dismantle a predominantly Black neighborhood. It’s a decision that led to the uprooting of dozens of Black families from the Shoe Lane…

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