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From Jim Crow to Gentrification: Race, Urban Renewal, Architecture and Tourism in the Urban South, Memphis, Tennessee, 1954-19911744 views
Author
Faircloth, Justin, History of Art and Architecture - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Crane, Sheila, Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia
Abstract
This dissertation studies urban renewal and city planning in Memphis, Tennessee, its effects on the African American community, and its subsequent effects on the city's tourism industry.
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
urban renewal; urban planning; architecture; Memphis; civil rights; busing; public housing; Martin Luther King; Henry Loeb; Edmund Orgill; Sanitation Workers' Strike; Sit-ins; American South; suburbanization; white flight; segregation; Elvis Presley; Beale Street; the Pyramid; Mud Island
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Faircloth, Justin. From Jim Crow to Gentrification: Race, Urban Renewal, Architecture and Tourism in the Urban South, Memphis, Tennessee, 1954-1991. University of Virginia, History of Art and Architecture - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2013-06-20, https://doi.org/10.18130/V35B9Q.
