Above: LISTENING TO LINNENTOWN: At the Linnentown Mosaic discussion on Oct. 23, former Linnentown resident Hattie Thomas Whitehead shares stories from her book, “Giving Voice to Linnentown”, about her experience growing up in the neighborhood community with event attendees. Whitehead’s family was one of many to be forced out of their homes during the federal urban renewal program adopted by the University of Georgia starting in 1962, which replaced the neighborhood with dormitories. “Linnentown residents were skilled laborers: brick masons, carpenters, beauticians, a nurse, cooks, construction workers, janitors, and housekeepers,” Whitehead stated in her book. “We were building our wealth slowly but surely despite nearly insurmountable obstacles that Black property owners had in our community — and everywhere in the South.” Photo by Audrey Enghauser