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Tag: Hillcrest

The Hillcrest neighborhood fought racist highway development to preserve its history. Now its residents are telling their story.

Local issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted May 3, 2021

In Corpus Christi, the Hillcrest neighborhood has hosted generations of families who have built community and created history for more…

Tags: Environmental racism, Hillcrest, txdot

Groundbreaking civil rights agreement is ‘bittersweet’ for residents of historic Corpus Christi community

Local issues•by •Posted December 30, 2015

If the residents of Corpus Christi’s Northside are not jumping with joy after winning a first-of-its-kind, multimillion dollar buyout agreement, it’s understandable.…

Tags: Civil rights, Corpus Christi, Environmental justice, Fair housing, Harbor Bridge, Hillcrest

Watch our short documentary on housing and environmental injustice in Corpus Christi

Local issues•by •Posted August 10, 2015

  Corpus Christi’s historic African-American neighborhoods of Hillcrest and Washington-Coles have endured decades of injustice: Redlining and housing segregation, industrial…

Tags: Civil rights, Corpus Christi, Environmental justice, Fair housing, Hillcrest, Northside, Redlining, segregation, Texas Department of Transportation

The story behind the Harbor Bridge: Segregation, neglect and pollution in Corpus Christi

Uncategorized•by •Posted August 7, 2015

This report was written in collaboration with Colin Cox and Thomas Dannehy, interns with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Cox and Dannehy…

Tags: Corpus Christi, Environmental justice, Harbor Bridge, Hillcrest, racial segregation

Why Corpus Christi’s Northside neighborhoods matter

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted August 3, 2015

I moved to Corpus Christi in 2009 to study Environmental Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Moving from El Paso, I…

Tags: Corpus Christi, Environmental justice, Fair housing, Hillcrest, racial segregation, segregation
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