Montford Demographic Changes (Black/white) 1970 – 2020

Montford Demographic Changes (Black/white) 1970 – 2020

Click the button below to open a PDF which outlines the changes in numbers of Black and white residents of census tracts 2 and 3 (as well as Asheville as a whole), as well as changes in household size, from 1970 through 2020. There are many stories and things to...
Urban Renewal in Montford

Urban Renewal in Montford

This is a brief overview of urban renewal in Montford (census tracts 2 and 3). The full story begins with chattel slavery and includes generations of racial segregation, systemic disinvestment, and discrimination (such as redlining) which made the historically Black...
State of Black Asheville

State of Black Asheville

In a recent piece for the Urban News, “The State of Black Asheville and Reparations,” Dr. Dwight Mullen writes: “Jim Crow Segregation was ended by federal legislation in 1964. The Civil Rights Act prohibited official bigotry. Local, state or national levels of...
Gentrification

Gentrification

“Gentrification Explained” is a short video [by the Urban Displacement Project] that unpacks what gentrification really means, getting beyond the buzzword. The video addresses what led to gentrification, what gentrification looks like on the ground, and the impact of...