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Third Ward, Houston's Black cultural heart
1920
Houston, Texas
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The centre of Black Houston, and one of the most productive square miles in American music. Lightnin' Hopkins played and drank along Dowling Street for forty years, cutting records with a spontaneity that unnerved producers. Beyoncé and Solange Knowles grew up a few blocks away.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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