Richmond, Virginia neighborhood 1970
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Silent footage of African American communities in Richmond, VA, shot on Super 8mm film in 1970 by Appalshop filmmaker Ben Zickafoose. Zickafoose made this film--which he titled "Black Power Trip"--while a student of sociologist Helen Matthews Lewis at Clinch Valley College (now UVA-Wise), located in the coal region of southwestern Virginia. His thesis for Lewis' sociology class, the film 'Coal Miner Frank Jackson', became one of Appalshop's first feature documentaries in 1971.
Appalshop Archive would welcome any information and stories about the people, places and events in this footage. Leave comments or write archive[at]appalshop[dot]org.
I was born in Richmond and was seven years old when this was filmed. My grandfather was a Greyhound driver and I can recall hanging out in the bus station downtown and doing ride alongs with him on the Richmond to Norfolk run. He wore a uniform that looked like an airline pilots uniform. It was pretty cool for a seven year old kid. I would stand next to him as he greeted passengers and took their tickets proudly saying “ That’s my granddaddy. He’s the bus driver ! Riding Greyhound back then was akin to riding a plane. The station was clean, busses were clean, staff was professional, and most importantly, the customers were orderly.
Sounds great, i was able to picture your narration perfectly in my head
Sweet story thank you I smiled :D
was it from the same terminal over by the diamond?
@@mickeylazzlo8833I remember taking a bus from there to Colorado Springs back in '02.... I'm sure it hasn't changed a bit ❤
So you were born 1963 God bless you if you still live in
I looked at this looking for my parents because they were teenagers then and definitely lived in two African-American neighborhoods in Richmond ( Church Hill and Blackwell ) :-) Seriously though whenever I see old footage like this, I stop and think " we truly are a beautiful people." Yes we still are, but I don't know if it's the clothes, pride that radiates from the adults, or the innocence of the children, but we really seem to shine in vintage videos-definitely works of art.
Yeah you rite my whole family live in Blackwell when they projects building was blue
I was think of my sisters when they were little. Man this stuff pulls you in.
I'm right behind yall with the history and memories. I'm from old Blackwell and with the craziness aside, we are truly some beautiful folks thru n thru. Love my city. We need to exhibit more pride tho before they gentrify the rest of the pride out. Luv yall man!! Peace! #17th n Maury
We are not African Americans we are indigenous Americans.
@@Tahonga I'm not an " Indigenous American." nor are my family nor the other Black people I knew growing up for 18 yrs in Richmond.
This is time traveling, I love this footage and this city!
Although the Capitol of the Confederacy, Richmond is a unique Southern city with a mix of Southern and Mid Atlantic influence. It's my home and I love it.
We ain't got no mid Atlantic influence at all!!! We straight southern!!!
@@804MRMAN😂😂😂😂 My Dawg!!!!! I knew somebody was gon say it.
@@MissionPossible85 I don't know what they talking about lol
@@MissionPossible85thats because its true i totally agree you crazy as hell that's because your ass is Country and southern my family I's from down south and Richmond is nothing like down south is Richmond absolutely like the North no but it dam sure is not like the south it's in the Middle right I'n the middle not to slow not to fast right in the middle sucka.
I totally agree with u being from DC Richmond reminds me of some parts of Dc and Baltimore not exactly like those cities but it has more in common with those cities opposed to Raleigh and Charlotte there a lot slower in my opinion.
I live in Richmond now and pass by many of these places.
Same
I kinda wish there was audio to go with the visuals. It's so wild seeing the places I see often but like from before I was born
I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and I was 2 years old when this filmed. It's almost surreal to watch. Thanks for the upload.👍
I’m from RVA and I love this. I’m a 80s baby
Wow this was awesome to see I was 1 years old at the time born and raised in South side Rva love ❤️ this video 📹
I used to spend a lot of time in the building across the street from the opening shot. Thanks for the upload.
Wow ! Brings back memories! 310 W . 26th st. To Grandparents in ChurchHill seems like a 100 years ago
Good - I just wish they'd shown more of Downtown, of places that are no longer there.
Yes I regret not taking footage as I was young at the time ,and wasn't thinking about it never ending.. downtown was a real downtown then.
I moved there in the 70s and resided in area for 35 yrs. A lot of changes
Shout ot Richmond VA from Birmingham Al I'm a 80s baby it's good to go back in time when it was much calmer and our ppl wasn't killing each other mane now its wild out here mane.
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have a chat with your govt about oppression and crack.
Bring back memories I was nine years old living in the west end of Richmond Virginia
28th and Leigh Streets, the old house next to the store with six windows is still there. store is gone
That’s my grandma in the red hat🥰 and my mom say this was a protest because a store back then was selling people gone bad meat she said she might have been one of the children running around out there lol but it was so nice so my grandmother I love you grandma Helen
Oh by the way this my sons account idk why he changed it to his
Do you know where the store was located? I lived in Richmond all my life. I know where the school was located.
@@bcjones54128th and Leigh st
They were selling meat to people who had gone bad? Hey, everyone's gotta eat! 😆
Old man at 4:55 looks exactly like Ossie Davis in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing”
That's Churchill!❤❤ Love my city. It's gentrified now.
Richmond sure hasn't changed much in fifty years.
I used to attend East end Middle school my sister went to Armsrtong High School back in the early 80's
Looks like Churchill to me
I was thinking the same. A mix of Church Hill & Jackson Ward is what it looked like to me.
Sometimes i really wish i can time travel like go back to them good old days!
RVA born 93’ my mother was 1 when this was filmed. Dont let the confederacy confuse you guys either. Richmond VA has a lot of indigenous history behind it just like every other place on this plane. Let’s not forget our culture and where we come from.
Peace and Light to and from the ancestors 🏹
Wonder what Chiappa's Market's transgression was?
We lived on Fulton Hill back in 1970.
My wife is from Richmond and was 13 then…
It's so wierd Richmond was the capital of the confederacy but has more of a mid Atlantic Northern vibe it really did and still does this video reminds of Baltimore.
I would Rather live in the Year 1970 than in 2022.
No lie
Yeah no job opportunities and the local store sells rotten meat. These folks really had the life huh?
2025. Still in RVA. No lie.
Bussed in 71 to Baker Street Elementary from Cherokee Road. I found new and different cultural norms. Sometimes things got scary but my best friends were always there to help my naive a**. Those schoolmates taught me to appreciate everyone; 52 years ago. Carl and Jeffrey. I love them for what they shared of themselves. Go Rams!
im from richmond va ive had some family members live on grace st and marshall st
I love my city Richmond Virginia WTF happened
It got gentrified and woke -- I lived there from '98 until 5 months ago. '98 it was similar to this video to some degree. I love it too, but realize it is not what it was.
@@allthingseducation I agree with you to an certain extent. Richmond Virgina it was divided into different sides of town certain sections. This of which has created the population to decrease not increase. I hope you do understand where I'm coming from. No Justice No ✌🏿
wow....looks a lot safer then
Damn Back Then RVA Clean
Yes, it is true Richmond had bad areas in the 70s, however the counties do not compare to that
You don’t say?
@5:36 hes on a mission and aware lol
Anyone not knowing Richmond history The Bliley Brothers who went on killing spree killed Johnny G bluegrass singer the being the only people to escape to this day death row at Mecklenburg penitentiary!!!!! 💔🙏
If you could only think of the Briley Brothers then you're not from Richmond. You must've just seen a video of them or something.
Those demons killed a good family friend of ours in '79. And it was truly an awful thing. But RVA has had a lot of bad stuff happen, it also has a lot of good to it as well.
@@idrispalmer5049💯
Where was that protest happening at 10:06
No idea i imagine they trying to get a juke joint/bawdy place out of they neighborhood.Not how the cop was acting like a protester. You can tell by the swagrrogance and chewing gum hard.
This looks like some where in Church hill
Looks like 28th/E. Leigh, building looks gone or heavily renovated, cant tell.
chiappa's market. i saw somewhere the address was 2928 P St. Not sure if at some point the street numbers were changed because it looks all residential, like the building never existed.
Non blacks selling rotten meat to the black community.
Is this where the Briley Brothers grew up
Same city, different area..they were on the north side.
🎉🎉🎉 HELL YEAH
I knew some of these people.
Man very interesting
8:59 is the corner of 28th & Leigh St! A new house is there now.
I was 12
There was zero (0) crack in the de cades I lived there.
I see many white interlopers in the protest of the corner market. No different today.
this place was extremely dangerous once crack hit
I’m not trying to be racial but it shocking how now in 2023 those same area’s in Richmond which is church hill is now predominantly white…
Don't worry. The blacks are still there.
Historic homes had become so rundown and cheap, plus Church Hill had thee most addresses zoned for business of any Richmond neighborhood. It was only a matter of time. Having grown up in Richmond and gone to school in dangerous Church Hill, I never saw these homes as being beautiful. That is, until my teacher took us to her Church Hill home on Venable and I got to see the true beauty of these homes. No brown-painted floors and windows covered in plastic. No overbearing darkness from covered windows as if living in a hide-out, no lowered ceilings, no cracked plaster and leaning floors, no porches caving in. Only the beauty of the wood and the moldings and the transoms and the light. A true testament to honoring what many let go of. These houses were made to last forever with care.
@ceejay2076 Facts bro, the pale faces have taken over, lol
@danajoseph6705 so much so that the original folks have been priced out.
Might as well be 1870
That’s when most of it was rebuilt.
Now they don’t tote signs They burn.
Yeah they need to burn it all down country 🇺🇸 was stolen off of blood of my ancestors in my blood Indian Brothers evil demonic nation straight up 🖤
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@@crawwwfishh3284 demons 😅
@@incognitoblack9431 Liars 4321
@@crawwwfishh3284 Like the French, Israelis, Russians in Ukraine right?
Some people just aren't cut out for this whole civilization thing
South Side was ignored, as has always been the case.
Nothing other there but the plaza.
@@alphaomega8373 And Manchester and Forest Hill and the tobacco industry and a bunch of other things. But whatever.
@@christianfinkbeiner684 and crack
@@AngelHernandez-dt5zo Yeah, no one north of the river smokes crack.
Yep. Hull Street near Broad Rock Road. Had the best drugstore (Shadwell's) ever. Great place to hang out. You could get anything you wanted.