PROVIDENCE – A series of oral history interviews will be conducted with the former residents of Lippitt Hill in Providence, on Thursday, June 29, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope St.
The predominantly African-American neighborhood on the East Side was razed to make way for the University Heights apartment development in the 1960s, according to Stages of Freedom, a Providence-based nonprofit that is conducting the interviews.
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“Remembering a Lost Black Neighborhood, An Oral History Project on Lippitt Hill in Providence” is seeking participants who can share their knowledge of the neighborhood and its residents.
“It is extremely important to record this oral history from people who lived or worked on Lippitt Hill,” Ray Rickman, project director, said in a news release. “More than 5,000 family members and religious and business leaders were displaced in the 1960s.”
Mary MacDonald is a PBN staff writer. Email her at MacDonald@PBN.com. Follow her on Twitter @MaryF_MacDonald.
