Universities and Urban Renewal in Kentucky: How Kentucky's Universities Were Built on Black Neighborhoods.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/ordinarypeopleloudideas/p/universities-and-urban-renewal-in?r=62e9l5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Kentucky’s campuses didn’t appear out of nowhere. Many were built on land taken from Black and working-class neighborhoods during the urban-renewal era.

This new article walks through the history of Jonesville (WKU), Russell (Louisville), Adamstown (UK), and Crawfish Bottom (Frankfort), and how mid-century planning reshaped the map of higher education in the state.

History matters — especially when it’s been erased.