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According to the city, a super neighborhood is a "geographically designated area where residents, civic organizations, institutions and businesses work together to identify, plan, and set priorities to address the needs and concerns of their community." [1] Map of the super neighborhoods of Houston
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.
Between 1990 and 2000 the Hispanic population of Third Ward increased by between 5 and 10 percent as Hispanics in the Houston area moved into majority black neighborhoods. [16] In the same period the black population of the area declined by 1,272 as majority African-American neighborhoods in Houston had declines in their black populations. [11]
Brown won 90% or more in African-American neighborhoods. [51] As of 2005 Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houstonian, is one of two black Texan U.S. House of Representatives members. [52] Al Green (Texas 9th district), also from Houston, is the other. On December 13, 2015, Houston elected its second African-American mayor, Sylvester Turner. [53]
Southwest Houston area contains one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the Southern United States. [ 6 ] On May 31, 2013, the Houston Fire Department suffered its largest casualty in a single event, the Southwest Inn fire , with four firefighters killed and 13 others were injured while fighting a 5-alarm fire at Southwest Inn, [ 7 ] located ...
African-American and civil rights figures backed the "not for sale" campaign. In 1963 the community had 175 African American families. The South Macgregor group, which had no black members in 1963, and African-American leaders met and decided that a ratio of between 65-85% White and 15-35% Black would be beneficial to members of both racial groups.
In 1970, 90% of the black people in Houston lived in predominantly African American neighborhoods, reflecting decades of legal, residential segregation. By 1980 there was some increase in diversity in the city, and 82% of blacks lived in majority-black areas. [ 25 ]
In 2000 the City of Houston-defined Sunnyside Super Neighborhood had 18,629 residents. 93% were non-Hispanic black, 4% were Hispanic, and 1% each were non-Hispanic white, Asian, and others. [20] In 2010 the home ownership rate was 46%. As of 2016 about 22,000 people lived in the Sunnyside area, with 97% being black and 10% being Hispanic. [10]