Downtown Raleigh, 1970s

Title

Downtown Raleigh, 1970s

Description

This image represents the lack of mobility for black men and women in the East Raleigh/South Park neighborhoods. Black citizens were often confined to pre-approved segregated areas. With few options for housing and employment, black families throughout Southeast Raleigh sought answers from the Raleigh city government.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Unknown, "Group of African American men standing against a building in Downtown Raleigh," 1970s, Raleigh and the Triangle Area, UA023.026.020, North Carolina State University Special Collections Research Center, Raleigh, NC, http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/0012847.

Contributor

Mandy Benter

Type

still image

Physical Dimensions

Unknown

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Files

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Collection

Race & Space

Citation

Unknown, “Downtown Raleigh, 1970s,” The State of History, accessed April 20, 2024, https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/33263.