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Topic subjectI lived in PA and we sorta had that but not on that scale
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13429725, I lived in PA and we sorta had that but not on that scale
Posted by legsdiamond, Sat Apr-10-21 12:28 PM
I’m old enough to remember a lot of Black owned businesses.

Lived in a predominantly white suburb but of course we had our own shit because they didnt want any part of us in their establishments

but with the steel mills pumping we had a lot of dollars circulating.

my schooling was PWT but my afterschool program and summers was all black everything.

10 years ago an Italian friend found himself at our Black VFW and was amazed. We’ve known each other for 40 years, he lived 2 minutes from it and never knew it existed. We lost that building because of unpaid taxes and the younger generation moving away or going to clubs in the city. This VFW is where Duke Ellington and Ella would perform after playing white clubs in the city.