Graduation Year
2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Degree Granting Department
History
Major Professor
K. Stephen Prince, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Julia F. Irwin, Ph.D.
Committee Member
David Johnson, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Antoinette T. Jackson, Ph.D.
Keywords
Interstate Highway Construction, Public Housing, Urban Renewal
Abstract
Diaspora by Design: The Systematic Displacement of Tampa’s African-American Populace, 1925-1974 is a political and economic history that maps the transformation of the city’s urban landscape through a variety of federal programs. It examines the the ways that Tampa city leaders employed a variety of federal programs, and funding, to shape the economic, social, and cultural environment of Tampa’s Black population over the course of five decades.
Scholar Commons Citation
Bruffett, Shannon D., "Diaspora by Design: The Systematic Displacement of Tampa's African-American Populace, 1925-1974" (2021). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/9663
