Communities destroyed & displaced
Fulton, razed under the city's urban renewal plan
Declared a slum 1967; renewal plan 1970; most of the neighbourhood demolished by 1973Fulton, in Richmond's East End below Fulton Hill, VA
Fulton, a Black neighbourhood in Richmond's East End settled in 1853, was declared a slum in 1967 and cleared. The 1970 renewal plan displaced about 785 households - nearly 3,000 people - and most of the neighbourhood had been demolished by 1973.
- People displaced
- 3,000
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