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How Christopher Newport University expanded by uprooting a Black neighborhood
Maps were created using land deeds and parcel geodata from the Newport News, assessor’s office. Campus boundaries are based on analysis of aerial imagery obtained from the Newport News planning department. Some buildings or locations may be omitted from historical maps because city records only reflect current parcels. (Lucas Waldron/ProPublica)
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