• Jobie Hill, Restoration Architect and Founder of SavingSlaveHouses.org. Iowa City, Iowa.

  • Mar 14 2024
  • Length: 7 mins
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Jobie Hill, Restoration Architect and Founder of SavingSlaveHouses.org. Iowa City, Iowa.

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  • Jobie Hill, an architect and historic preservation specialist from Iowa City, Iowa, explains how her interest in her own African American heritage led her to become an expert on the documentation, preservation, and repurposing of slave dwellings throughout the United States. She talks about her training and professional experiences as an architect and what inspired her to document more than 700 structures built by enslaved African Americans. The interview was conducted by documentarian Sarah Filkins as part of her Occupational Folklife Project on “Women Architects.”
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