Show notes
In this episode of History Fix, I tell the stories of four historically Black towns that are now underwater: Oscarville, Georgia, Kowaliga (Benson), Alabama, Vanport, Oregon, and Seneca Village in New York City. We'll take a look at how and why these fledgling towns were destroyed and the ripple effect it's had on Black Americans even today.
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Sources:
- Travel Noire "5 Black American Towns Hidden Under Lakes and Ultimately From History Books"
- 11alive "Relative of Oscarville resident shares history behind the city underneath Lake Lanier"
- The Jerusalem Post "Dark Secrets of a Cursed Lake"
- Clio "Oscarville Georgia"
- civilandhumanrights.org "Commemorating the 117th anniversary of the 1906 Atlanta race massacre"
- census.gov "Quick Facts Georgia"
- Tampa Bay Times "Looking Back: Civil rights protestors take back Forsyth County"
- Newsone "The Black Town Under Lake Martin: A Father and Son's Dream of Greatness"
- centralparknyc.org "Before Central Park: The Story of Seneca Village"
- Smithsonian Magazine "How Oregon's Second Largest City Vanished in a Day"
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