- Collection:
- Carver-VCU Partnership Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Duane Finger interview (2000-05-19)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Carver-VCU Partnership
James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives - Publisher:
- Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2000-05-19
- Subject:
- Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority
African American neighborhoods--Virginia--Richmond
Community development--Virginia--Richmond
City planning--Citizen participation
City planning--Virginia--Richmond
Housing authorities--Officials and employees--Interviews
Finger, Duane--Interviews - People:
- Finger, Duane
Abernathy, Barbara, 1941-
Hill, Kathryn Colwell - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
- Medium:
- sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Duane Finger of the Richmond Redevelopment Housing Authority in Richmond, Va., describes his work with the housing authority and how the agency and its approach has changed during the 28 years he has worked there. He also discusses topics such as the influence of the civil rights movement on his career; housing authorities; and the city of Richmond. Mr. Finger also describes civic leaders in the Carver neighborhood in Richmond who have helped the neighborhood gain recognition; efforts to empower the neighborhood; the role of the Task Force for the Preservation of the Minority Community; and further development of the Carver neighborhood, including the issue of student housing.
Part of a series of interviews conducted as part of a Carver-VCU Partnership project documenting the history of the Carver neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A37129
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required. - Extent:
- Track 1: 79.1 MB (43 minutes, 12 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Carver Living Newspaper Project
Carver Neighborhood - VCU Partnership Archives, RG 59-1 - Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
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