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Tag Archives: Historic Black business districts
Geography of America’s Historic Black Main Streets
Discriminatory Jim Crow Era segregation laws that were often brutally enforced throughout the South and the bigoted use of similar divisive tactics elsewhere in the United States led to the creation and development of African-American business districts and corridors … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, archaeology, architecture, business, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, gentrification, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, injustice, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, poverty, racism, revitalization, shopping, Small business, social equity, tourism, Trade, urban planning
Tagged bigotry, desegregation, Historic Black business districts, Historic Black Main Streets, Jim Crow Era, main street, racism, segregation, urban renewal
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