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The list contains the names of cities, districts, and neighborhoods in the U.S. that are predominantly African American or that are strongly associated with African-American culture— either currently or historically. Included are areas that contain high concentrations of blacks or African Americans.
The Great Migration was the movement of more than one million African Americans out of rural Southern United States from 1914 to 1940. Most African Americans who participated in the migration moved to large industrial cities such as New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cincinnati, Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C ...
The following is a list of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States with large African American populations. As a result of slavery, more than half of African Americans live in the South. [1] The data is sourced from the 2010 and 2020 United States Censuses.
This list of U.S. cities by black population covers all incorporated cities and Census-designated places with a population over 100,000 and a proportion of black residents over 30% in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American.
The following is a list of United States cities, towns, and census designated places in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is non-Hispanic African American/Black alone as of the 2020 U.S. Census.
Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Subdivisions Historic District (SANS) is an African American beachfront community in Sag Harbor, New York. [2] Founded following World War II, the SANS community served primarily as a summer retreat for middle-class African American families during the post-WWII and Jim Crow era.
Hollywood Park. According to the Hollywood Park Neighborhood Association, the area was established in 1950.. Similar to nearby Curtis Park, Hollywood Park’s name was chosen by the developer of ...
In the 1930s, the neighborhood's growing African-American population constructed new housing, often filling in the gaps between the neighborhood's existing far-apart homes built in the 19th century. In the 1950s, blues musician Robert Shaw moved to the neighborhood and opened a grocery store and barbershop called the "Stop and Swat". [1]