Meet investigative journalists Brandi Kellam and Louis Hansen with the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO. They are the authors of "Erasing the Black Spot: How a Virginia College Expanded by Uprooting a Black Neighborhood".
Against the odds, a tight-knit group of Black families created the community of Shoe Lane in Newport News, Virginia in the early 20th century. Then Christopher Newport University systematically took the land over, pushing out all but a handful of now-elderly residents. Jason Johnson is joined by journalist Brandi Kellam, who helped bring the story to light.
Reporter Brandi Kellam joins Marc Lamont Hill for an interview where they delve into the phenomenon of universities expanding their campuses through the use of eminent domain, a practice that often results in the displacement of historic black communities.
Reporters Brandi Kellam and Lou Hansen of the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO join Rob Nelson discuss reporting on the Shoe Lane community and how it was dismantled through the establishment and expansion of Christopher Newport University.