Professors, researcher talk gentrification’s lasting impacts on Black communities during webinar

by Brittany N. Gaddy The Colvin Institute of Real Estate held a webinar Wednesday for the University of Maryland community about gentrification and the deracination of the Black community in Harlem, New York and Washington as a part of the institute’s fall lecture series. Willow Lung-Amam, an associate professor of the urban studies and planning program and the director of community development for the National … Continue reading Professors, researcher talk gentrification’s lasting impacts on Black communities during webinar

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Jewish History professor discusses representation of Jewish European immigrants in film “Hester Street”

By Maria Trovato The 1975 movie “Hester Street” gives a fairly accurate depiction of Jewish immigrant experiences in tenements at the turn of the 20th century, though there were far more accounts of filth and poverty in real life, Jewish History professor Marsha L. Rozenblit said following a screening of the film Oct. 18 in Shoemaker. The movie follows the story of a Russian Jewish … Continue reading Jewish History professor discusses representation of Jewish European immigrants in film “Hester Street”

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