Land Lost

ID: 2941 ~ Source: Green, Yolande. Interviewed by Rebecca Sharpless Jimenez, May 22, 1984, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.

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Green laments that urban renewal officials displaced her from her family’s land. She states that, if given the opportunity, she would have built a home on the property.

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Urban Renewal: Baylor University Project

By Allie Roberts

Urban renewal programs swept across the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Funded by the federal government, cities throughout the country sought to improve local architecture and expand…