New Town: Across the Color Line

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dc.contributor.authorWinling, LaDale C.en
dc.contributor.authorBolt, Carmenen
dc.contributor.authorFralin, Scotten
dc.contributor.departmentVirginia Tech. University Librariesen
dc.contributor.departmentVirginia Tech. Department of Historyen
dc.contributor.departmentVirginia Tech. Department of History Public History programen
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-30T17:42:12Zen
dc.date.available2019-04-30T17:42:12Zen
dc.date.issued2015-10-05en
dc.description.abstract“Remembering New Town” is an exhibit project intended to describe and interpret one of Blacksburg’s African American neighborhoods. It will focus most heavily on the period 1900 to 1940. The exhibit is part of the VT Public History program’s ongoing engagement with local history and public audiences. In particular, VT PH makes efforts to excavate and bring to light the history of lost, forgotten, or marginalized groups and events. The New Town community was founded and grew along with VAMC/VPI through the better part of a century and eventually dissolved as Virginia Tech grew into the large university it is today. Virginia Tech led redevelopment of the area in the early 2000s and most of the traces of New Town are now lost to the history. The African American community was central to Montgomery County and Blacksburg history. Especially since New Town was so proximate to VT, this history will be of great interest to the VT community. Finally, this exhibit will emphasize the geography and spatial dynamics of New Town, which will lend itself to an engaging and experiential exhibit form. 2015/10/05 - 2015/11/20en
dc.format.extent5 photosen
dc.format.extent1 posteren
dc.format.extentSize: 12.3 MBen
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/89321en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderVirginia Techen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.subjectAmerican Historyen
dc.subjectVirginia Historyen
dc.subjectVirginia Tech historyen
dc.subjectPublic Historyen
dc.subjectRaceen
dc.titleNew Town: Across the Color Lineen
dc.typeExhibitionen
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