Famous Black Business Districts During Segregation
The following are a few black business districts/areas/cities that swelled with success during the era of Legal Segregation which also contributed to the rise of the American Black Upper Class. (The following is based on research found in the Library of Congress, the History Center in Atlanta; and the Apex Museum in Atlanta, Georgia along with archives in various historical societies)
- U Street, NW in Washington, D.C.
- "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- "Sweet" Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia
- Harlem, New York
- Southside of Chicago, Illinois
- Central Avenue, Los Angeles
- "The Deuce" in Richmond, Virginia
- Black Bottom/Paradise Valley in Detroit, MI
- "Black Wall Street" in Durham, NC
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