The Evictions Surprised Trailer Park Residents. The Protest Stunned Officials.
An uproar in the hills of eastern Kentucky has raised questions about what a city owes to those dislodged by its growth — and how to govern in an age of social media and protest.
In early March, residents of roughly 65 mobile homes in Morehead, Ky., were told they had a month and a half to leave and take their homes with them.Credit...Luke Sharrett for The New York Times
May 20, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
MOREHEAD, Ky. — Under a slate-colored sky, the holdouts gathered in what remained of the North Fork Mobile Home Park. Around them it looked as if a hurricane had blown through, leaving scattered cinder blocks, capsized sofas and porches affixed to thin air. The small circle — among them single mothers, a factory worker, a retiree, two community organizers — sat on kitchen chairs discussing their next move: recruiting for a boycott.