Government-Local-Black Community
Third Ward, Houston, Texas (1837- )
In 1837, Houston, Texas was incorporated and divided into four wards. The Southeast ward was named Third Ward and over...
Pinhook, Missouri (1927-2011)
The town of Pinhook, Missouri was founded in 1927, by a group of black sharecroppers from the surrounding area. The town, about...
Orange Mound, Memphis (1890- )
Orange Mound is an African-American neighborhood located in the southeast part of the Memphis, Tennessee. Orange Mound is the first African...
The History of Allensworth, California (1908- )
In the article below retired California State University, Fresno historian Robert Mikell explores the history of the only all-black town...
Freedmen’s Town, Houston, Texas (1865- )
Freedmen’s Town is a nationally registered historical site. The site was originally a community located in the Fourth Ward of...
Frenchtown Houston, Texas (1922- )
Frenchtown, a community built in 1922 in Houston, Texas, was constructed by hundreds of Creole descendants of free French, Spanish,...
Albina, Portland, Oregon (1870- )
Albina is a neighborhood located in Northeast Portland, Oregon that for most of the 20th century was home to the...
Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas (1866- )
Fifth Ward is one of the six political districts created in Houston, Texas in the mid-nineteenth century. It was established...
Hunters Point (San Francisco)
Hunters Point is a neighborhood of southeastern San Francisco set on a peninsula jutting into the San Francisco Bay. The...
