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Overlooked spaces: Black-owned businesses and community centers are in crisis.(GULF COAST UPDATE)
AFTER NEARLY 15 MONTHS of shuttered storefronts, a street of Black-owned businesses in New Orleans celebrated a rebirth in December. The stores, on Bayou Road in the Seventh Ward neighborhood, are a precious spot of hope in a city where 60 percent of the population remains displaced and many businesses still have not returned. The Community Book Center, a vital neighborhood gathering spot in the middle of the block, reopened despite still having no front windows and a floor in major need of work.
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Neighborhood spaces like the Community Book Center have long been central to New Orleans' organizing, serving as gathering places for ...
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