This Young HBCU Graduate Is Buying Property In Houston To Curb Gentrification
Christopher Senegal is an HBCU graduate that is encouraging Houston's Fifth Ward native residents to fight against gentrification by investing in their communities....
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A Black Nashville Man, Afraid to Walk in His Gentrified Neighborhood, Got 75 Neighbors to Walk With Him
A black man in Nashville man who feared walking alone in his gentrified neighborhood got 75 people from his community to walk with him....
This Texas Realtor Created An Investment Company to Help Low-Income Communities
This Dallas real estate entrepreneur created an investment company to help low income residents from losing their homes to gentrification....
Report: Washington D.C Has The Highest Intensity Of Gentrification In The U.S
Gentrification has ravished America's biggest cities and no one has been hit harder than country's capital city, Washington, D.C. ...
Black Barber Opens Harlem’s First Mobile Barbershop After Getting Priced Out of Storefront
Linwood Dillard used creativity and survival instincts to revamp his business after his storefront barbershop in Harlem was gentrified in 2017....
Black-Owned Construction Firm Revitalizes Housing Units in Atlanta to Combat Gentrification
H.J. Russell & Co. built $22.3 million in affordable housing projects in Atlanta to fight gentrification in one of America's largest cities for blacks....
Capitalism, Economic Development, Gentrification: Who Benefits?
Capitalism, economic development, and gentrification. Some people revere them as driving forces that keep America as a world leader; while others suffer....
Gentrification, ‘Negro Removal,’ and a Housing Crisis
Coined “Negro Removal” in the 1960’s by James Baldwin, the process of gentrification can happen so gradually it appears to be a subtle phenomenon....
25-Year-Old Black-Owned Restaurant Navigates The Challenges of Harlem Gentrification
A small, family-run New York City seafood restaurant opened its doors in the heart of Harlem in 1993. 25 years later, the establishment struggles to...
JPMorgan Chase Invests $10 Million to Expand Black Businesses and Growth in D.C.
Banking giant JP Morgan Chase aims to lessen the economic disparity dilemma by investing $10 million over three years into the District's Wards 7 and...