Pocahontas Island & Vinegar Hill: Two Virginia Shorts

Saturday 12:30 p.m., Vinegar Hill

41 min. plus discussion.

The Enduring Legacy of Pocahontas Island is the history of one of the oldest African-American communities in the country, located in Petersburg, Virginia.

That World is Gone: Race and Displacement in a Southern Town explores the nearly-forgotten history of Charlottesville's largest African American neighborhood, Vinegar Hill, addressing black property ownership and the area's federally-funded destruction in 1965. Surviving residents describe the neighborhood they knew and loved, and consider future prospects for black residence and success in the city.