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Originally Posted by BajanYankee
Which place had a more powerful, enduring impact on black culture, literature, art and politics?
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HARLEM ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS IN NY!! BUT U-STREET WAS IMPORTANT THIS TOPIC IS KIND OF CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT CITY YOU ARE FROM AND WHAT REGION YOU LIVE IN, YOUR GOING TO BE BIASED!!
EVERY MAJOR CITY IN THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHERN U.S. HAD A BLACK MECCA WITHIN ITSELF!!
D.C.'S FINEST RECENTLY EDUCATED ME ON U-STREET ON ANOTHER THREAD DID MY HOMEWORK AND YES IT WAS THE REAL DEAL!!! SAME AS PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN MY HOMETOWN!!!
AND DIFFERENCE IS HARLEM ALONE HAD ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF D.C. AND BALTIMORE AT THE TIME!!! SO THATS WHY IT WAS SO POPULAR ITS IN NY!!!
D.C., BALTIMORE, PHILLY, AND NEW YORK!!!
D.C. U STREET
U Street Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NEW YORK- HARLEM!!!
Harlem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BALTIMORE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE!!
Street of Dreams: Pennsylvania Avenue Was Once the Center of Black Life and Culture in Baltimore—Can It Be Again? The First of a Two-Part Series | Baltimore City Paper
NO ARTICLES FOR PHILLY
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW LOOK UP THE BLACK MAFIA AND BLACK INC. THEY HAD PHILADELPHIA ON LOCK!!! BUILT BLACK BUSINESSES AND PROSPERED BUT DRUGS GOT INVOLVED AND PEOPLE DIED!!!
DAMN SHAME!!!