Our Pick
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Jackson Ward
1890
Richmond, Virginia
Morgan Riley · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Called the Harlem of the South and the birthplace of Black capitalism, with its own banks, insurance companies, theatres and a young Bill Robinson dancing on the corner for coins. An interstate was driven straight through it in the 1950s, taking about a thousand homes.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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