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San Francisco was once home to “the Harlem of the West.”
That was the name given to the city’s Fillmore district, a historically African-American neighborhood that was a center of black culture. In the 1950s, it had a burgeoning jazz scene and a lively nightlife.
Today, signs of African-American life are increasingly rare in the Fillmore districts and throughout San Francisco. The city’s black population has declined at an astonishing pace.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/priceon...rican-exodus-from-san-francisco/#76473b071b87
That was the name given to the city’s Fillmore district, a historically African-American neighborhood that was a center of black culture. In the 1950s, it had a burgeoning jazz scene and a lively nightlife.
Today, signs of African-American life are increasingly rare in the Fillmore districts and throughout San Francisco. The city’s black population has declined at an astonishing pace.
Read more
http://www.forbes.com/sites/priceon...rican-exodus-from-san-francisco/#76473b071b87