That World Is Gone

Kathy's family left on a Saturday morning in 1965. The rumble of bulldozers echoed through the neighborhood, and her block was empty. Federally-funded urban renewal had arrived in Charlottesville, scattering dozens of families like Kathy's. The once-vibrant African American community, built by formerly enslaved men and women who had secured a long-denied piece of the American dream, disappeared.

Country:

Genre:

History,

Documentary

Duration:

21 minutes

Director:

Hannah Brown Ayers

Cast:

Herself

Herself

Herself

Himself

Crew:

Director

Director

Producer