Fighting the Erasure of History and Home | Linnentown | Full Film | Local, USA

Описание: The last living descendants of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Athens, GA come together to fight to preserve the memory of Linnentown and to seek redress for their family homes razed in a 1960s urban renewal program.

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