Rest, Relaxation, & Race: Reinvigorating Citizen Solidarity and Historical Leisure Spaces in Norfolk Part 4

by Kayce White | Mar 14, 2022 | Community

Housing Crisis After WWI: Norfolk’s Changing Laws & Neighborhoods   In 1896, the Supreme Court affirmed the “separate by equal” doctrine could be added to the Constitution, introducing segregation into local laws across the nation. At this...

Rest, Relaxation & Race Part 3:“Draining Our Pool: The Allure of City Park”

by Kayce White | Mar 3, 2022 | Community

Don’t miss part 1 and part 2 of this series. You can guess what followed the extreme government divestment of the late 50s and 60s: Worsening schools. Low-paying jobs. Few healthy places to live. Almost no places to recreate. The traumatic conditions spiraled...

Rest, Relaxation & Race: Reinvigorating Solidarity And Historical Leisure Spaces In Norfolk -Part 2

by Kayce White | Feb 23, 2022 | Community

Part II: Divesting From Human Happiness At a national level, the story of how Norfolk divested from its public assets tracks a uniquely American journey–the confounding results of a civil rights movement that achieved the goal of integration in 1964. Having to, by...

Rest, Relaxation, & Race: Reinvigorating Citizen Solidarity and Historical Leisure Spaces in Norfolk: Part I

by Kayce White | Feb 17, 2022 | Community

Hurriedly running errands to prepare for our first big snow a few weeks ago, I sat in the car with my two young sons at a stoplight. My six-year-old described a man he saw waiting near a lone bus stop pole in front of a popular Norfolk shopping plaza from the back...