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Barksdale, Grace, 1910-2008

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Eleanor Hand Peoplestown neighborhood essay and interviews with Henry Phipps and Grace Barksdale

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS852f
Scope and Content This collection contains an essay written by Eleanor Hand entitled "A Re-Viewing of Peoplestown" in which she presents a history of Peoplestown, a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. Specifically, she analyses it’s geographical development in relation to the railroad tracks, housing trends, racial prejudice against its residents, the Civil Rights Movement, and her hope for the future of the neighborhood. The collection also has two recordings in which Eleanor Hand interviews Henry Phipps and...
Dates: 1994