A Survivor of Section 14 Shares Her Story
A victim of Section 14 shares a glimpse into how her life was changed forever.
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MOVEMENT FORWARD FOR THE SECTION 14 VICTIMS & SURVIVORS
The first step forward for the Section 14 Survivors is a good one. Read the latest news about the work Areva Martin is doing to seek reparations for the victims.
OP-ED: PALM SPRINGS’ DARK SECRET—BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES FIGHT FOR HEALING AND REPARATIONS
“I have seen a lot in my lifetime, but the stories of the Section 14 Survivors have again changed the way I view the world around me. Throughout much of my adult life, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time studying and observing majority-white communities. I have never once witnessed any of those upscale white …
HUNDREDS OF BLACK AND MEXICAN FAMILIES FILE RACIAL REPARATIONS CLAIM AGAINST CITY OF PALMS SPRINGS
While promoting an image of Hollywood luxury in the 1950s and 1960s, the City of Palm Springs’ racially restrictive covenants prohibited Black people from sharing that good life or living in white neighborhoods. Instead, Black and Mexican Americans could only build homes in the Section 14 area of the Agua Caliente tribe’s reservation. Then, over a 10-year span from the late 1950s through the 1960s, Palm Springs hatched a plan to demolish Section 14 for the purposes of developing it into more lucrative commercial enterprises. To gain possession of this prime downtown real estate, the city hired contractors to bulldoze the privately-owned houses, often with personal property and belongings inside, and then the city sent the Palm Springs Fire Department to burn the destruction. Black and Mexican residents were often forced to flee Section 14 with only what they could carry.
AREVA MARTIN, REPRESENTS SECTION 14 SURVIVORS
Learn how Areva Martin is working to make Section 14 victims whole.
AREVA MARTIN, AN ADVOCATE FOR SECTION 14 SURVIVORS
“The city saw a chance to replace an unpretentious community of color, who had to renew their leases every few years, with glitzy hotels and shops that needed 99-year leases to pencil out. So it began the process of evicting, demolishing and burning. Survivors say confiscations often came with little notice, and that keepsakes and …
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