Black Lives Next Door

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Marguerite Mott stands with outdoor water pump in 1983
Marguerite Mott stands with outdoor water pump in 1983
Susan Feeney, “A Community Crusader,” The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), July 2, 1983.
Manual water pump in LLV yard
Manual water pump in LLV yard
Photo of an outdoor hand-pumped water faucet in Lincoln, Lewis, Vannoy neighborhood of Fairfax County. Until the 1980s, despite activism from members of the community, the neighborhood had no indoor running water or toilets, no paved roads or street lights.