LCHP Visit to HISP 635/AMST 498X-629C, 2-7-13

Oral History Audiovisual

On Thursday February 07, 2013, members of the Lakeland Community Heritage Project (LCHP) visited Dr. Mary Corbin Sies's class in "Social and Ethnic Issues in Historic Preservation" at Holzapfel Hall on the University of Maryland Campus (Seminar Rm 1108). The members that participated in the discussion were: Violetta Sharps Jones, Avis Matthews, Maxine Gross, Pearl Lee Campbell Edwards, and James Edwards III. The discussion was centered around the semester-long project the students will be working on regarding Lakeland and Urban Renewal. There was also discussion of Lakeland's history, it's relationship to the University of Maryland, segregation in College Park and in the Prince George's County school system, as well as everyday life in Lakeland.

Date: 2013

Subjects

Urban Renewal Lakeland History: 1965-1980 Flooding Segregation Racism Lakeland and Community Housing Standards Section 106 Review Lakeland and Education"