Linnentown | Trailer
Preview: Season 9 Episode 4 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Descendants of a Black neighborhood in Athens, GA fight to preserve its memory and seek redress.
The last living descendants of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Athens, GA come together to fight to preserve the memory of Linnentown and to seek redress for what was lost. Their family homes were razed in a 1960s urban renewal program and they, along with civic-minded neighbors, unite to try to reclaim their forgotten history and forge a path toward reconciliation.
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Linnentown | Trailer
Preview: Season 9 Episode 4 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The last living descendants of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Athens, GA come together to fight to preserve the memory of Linnentown and to seek redress for what was lost. Their family homes were razed in a 1960s urban renewal program and they, along with civic-minded neighbors, unite to try to reclaim their forgotten history and forge a path toward reconciliation.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- In Athens, Georgia, a Black neighborhood erased.
- That was the first time I ever saw my mom cry when she realized property can be taken from you.
- Descendants push for an apology and recognition for their losses.
- If you would look today where those families lived, they're some of the most valuable pieces of property in Athens.
- Giving people fair market value.
That's what reparations would mean to me.
- Linnentown on "Local, USA."
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.