As we enter Black History Month and the season 3 finale of Triggered AF, your hosts welcome the executive director of the Black Archives, History & Research Foundation, Timothy A. Barber, to discuss the importance of preserving black culture in spite of the challenges.

Focusing specifically on gentrification, tune in as they discuss how to empower a community as well as develop it. From investing in the culture and history that already exists to rehabbing structures in a way that people can remain and thrive in their neighborhood, listen in as they challenge gentrification, and reverse engineer the process to start benefiting the community as a whole.

KEY POINTS:

• Does gentrification help or hurt?
• How to marry gentrification with redevelopment
• The history of Overtown and urban removal
• Why the preservation of black art and culture is so important
• Investing in leaders and gatekeepers we can trust
• Are there any positive effects of gentrification?
• Preserving The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater

QUOTABLES:

“If you don't know your history, you will never know when they're trying to take you back.”

“You have to find a way to empower the people that live in the area prior to bringing in those levels of housing and things of that nature. Because the first thing they need is jobs.”

“Going back to the gentrification effect, bringing these new people in, the difficult part of it is to get them to invest in the community, other than just paying rent in the community.”

GUEST RESOURCES:

Learn more about Timothy A. Barber and The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater at bahlt.org

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