Recovering Linden
Recovering Linden
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Date
2023-05-19
Authors
Mekonnen, Elizabeth
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Linebaugh, Donald W.
Magalong, Michelle
Cameron, Hannah
Magalong, Michelle
Cameron, Hannah
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Abstract
This project documents the history of Linden [Lyttonsville], an African American
community founded in 1853 in Silver Spring, Maryland. One hundred years after its founding,
Linden experienced the destructive effects of urban renewal policy. The impact of urban renewal
had devastating political, social, and economic consequences for Black neighborhoods like
Linden. Urban renewal led to the loss of not only the community’s historic infrastructure, but
over 60% of its residential area. This project specifically focuses on documenting the history of
the community prior to urban renewal through oral histories and by reconstructing its spatial and
historical landscape through the mapping of significant spaces and places associated with the
community. This project draws on multiple sources including archival research and the oral
histories of current and former Linden residents to make visible the spaces, stories, and histories
of the Linden community prior to the devastation of urban renewal.
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A project documenting the history and socio-spatial landscape of the historic African American community of Linden [Lyttonsville].