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Researching a dark history, Virginia lawmakers seek more from universities

August 19, 2026 Louis Hansen

A view of Vinegar Hill in the early 1960s — before Charlottesville city leaders  uprooted the thriving Black community — looking north at the intersection of Main and Ridge streets. (Charlottesville Housing Authority)

A General Assembly commission is probing public universities' disruption of Black communities across the Commonwealth

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In State Government, Social Justice, politics Tags Uprooted, Christopher Newport University, Longwood University, College, Black neighborhoods

Virginia universities report historic targeting of Black communities

September 19, 2025 Louis Hansen

Christopher Newport University in Newport News is one of three Virginia universities acknowledging “extensive acquisitions” in Black neighborhoods, sometimes through eminent domain, according to a state commission. Photo: VCIJ at WHRO

More research from Virginia’s Uprooting Commission will explore the use of eminent domain for campus expansions in majority-Black neighborhoods.

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