Required Reading
This research has since been developed into an argumentative essay, which can be viewed here. If you're interested in learning more about this issue, check out the paper and sources in its bibliography. Below is a subset of these sources for further reading:
Lakeland Boy Scouts, courtesy of The Lakeland Community Heritage Project.
Archer, Deborah N. “‘White Men’s Roads Through Black Men’s Homes’*: Advancing Racial Equity Through Highway Reconstruction.” Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 73, no. 5, Oct. 2020, pp. 1259–330.
Bernard, Diane. “A University Town Explores Reparations for a Black Community Uprooted by Urban Renewal.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 2 Nov. 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/11/02/college-park-reparations-urban-renewal/.
Essoka, Jonathan D. “The Gentrifying Effects of Brownfields Redevelopment.” Western Journal of Black Studies, vol. 34, no. 3, Fall 2010, pp. 299–315.
Farrell, Liam. “Getting 'Greater' in Fall 2021.” Maryland Today, 14 Sept. 2021, https://today.umd.edu/getting-greater-in-fall-2021.
Gross, Maxine. “Historic Lakeland’s ties to the university.” College Park Here & Now Vol. 4 No. 3, March 2023, p. 9. https://issuu.com/collegeparkhereandnow/docs/2023-03.
Hernandez, Mario. “‘We Are without God Now’: Benign Neglect and Planned Destruction of Brooklyn’s Bushwick Neighborhood.” Journal of Urban History, vol. 49, no. 2, Mar. 2023, pp. 411–29. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442211008852.
“History of Lakeland.” Lakeland Community Heritage Project, 26 Sept. 2019, https://lakelandchp.com/history/.
Niel, Clara. “For Those Raised in College Park's Lakeland, the Wounds Left by Its Destruction Remain.” The Diamondback, 21 Sept. 2020, https://dbknews.com/2020/09/21/college-park-lakeland-black/.
Robinson, Davida L., et al. “Watching Neighborhoods Vanish: The Intertwining of Gentrification, Race, Class, and Policy.” Journal of Poverty, vol. 24, no. 5/6, Aug. 2020, pp. 473–92. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2020.1728008.
Stermon, Mallory, and Chris Lukinbeal. “Institutionalized Racism: Redlined Districts Then and Now in Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles.” Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, vol. 83, Jan. 2021, pp. 1–18.
Triece, Mary E. “Whitewashing City Spaces.” Journal of Communication Inquiry, vol. 41, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 250–67. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1177/0196859917690693.
Wells, Katy. “State-Led Gentrification and Self-Respect.” Political Studies, vol. 70, no. 3, Aug. 2022, pp. 819–36. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321721989168.
Wilson, Katharine. “College Park Restorative Justice Commission Discusses Goals, Progress in One-Year Update.” The Diamondback, 15 Mar. 2023, https://dbknews.com/2023/03/15/college-park-restorative-justice-one-year-update/.
Yarrow, Grace. “College Park Council Invites Community to Join Lakeland Restorative Justice Commission.” The Diamondback, 11 July 2022, https://dbknews.com/2022/01/23/college-park-city-council-lakeland-restorative-justice-commission/.