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Mary Bishop, writer

“Street by Street, Block by Block”

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<p>This is the first page of “Street by Street, Block by Block: How Urban Renewal Uprooted Black Roanoke,” a special section of the <em>Roanoke Times & World-News</em> by Mary Bishop, published on January 29, 1995. The section, which featured interviews and family photographs from Gainsboro residents, challenged the city’s assertion that urban renewal had been a universal good for the city.</p>

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