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Interview with Debra Johnson in 2011

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Johnson, Debra
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Memphis (Tenn.), African Americans, Urban planning, Cleaborn Homes, Interviews, Crime, Neighborhoods, Memphis City Schools, Segregation, Public housing
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20110714_Debra_Johnson
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Cleaborn Homes Resident Interviews
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In this interview Debra Johnson diccusses how Cleaborn Homes changed while she was living there. She talks about the influx of violence in the 90s, the deteriation of buildings, and the closing of schools. She claims that the Memphis Housing Authority didn't support the community. When she heard the neighborhood was going to be demolished, she was sad because she felt comfortable there and could pay her utilities.