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90 years after many Black Triangle neighborhoods were redlined by the federal government, the process is now happening in reverse in many of the same communities long-distressed or historically black communities are now being transformed by gentrification.
It s happening in Raleigh and in Durham too. We used to have family reunions right here in this yard, said Jackie Manns Hill, from the backyard of a small cottage in Durham s Walltown neighborhood. It s the home built by Hill s ancestor George Wall; the community s namesake who built the first home here.
Hill thinks back fondly to the happy times she spent here as a child. She moved back to Walltown to retire in her grandmother s home a few blocks away from George Wall s homestead. But, the times in this historically-black neighborhood are changing fast.