Arlington County:
“The Arlington Historical Society will present ‘Eminent
Domain Destroys a Community: Leveling Queen City for the Pentagon’ on Thursday,
Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. at Central Library. Speaker Nancy Perry will discuss the
federal government’s use of eminent-domain powers to displace more than 900
residents of the African-American community of Queen City in 1942. The
government took 27 acres of land to build a road network around the Pentagon,
which was then under construction.
Perry’s dissertation work at George Mason University focused
on the influence that geography had on the lives of black residents of
Arlington during the segregation period. Her Feb. 13 presentation is a
continuation of her dissertation research. The program, which will include a question-and-answer
session, is free and open to the public.”
~Writes the Sun
Gazette
For information, see the Web site at
www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.
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