After reading Matt Miller's article, "Looking Back: I-496 Construction: A Complicated Legacy" from the Lansing State Journal, I was able to get a little background information on our class project about the construction of I-496. Miller's article offers two different viewpoints about this event - destruction and a blessing. The article was a great start for information on what we will be focusing on this semester, but I have some questions that hopefully we will be able to answer during our research and proposal.
1. What is the timeline of events? When was it decided that 496 was going to be built? What objections were there?
2. What reasons were given for the need to construct I-496? Pros/Cons?
3. What new neighborhoods did displaced people move to (both White people and African Americans)?
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