Thursday, September 23, 2010
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Andre Douglas... the model
Eye On Third Ward, TX




After slavery ended in Texas on June 19, 1865, ex-slaves were forced to live in separate enclaves within each of Houston’s wards. As the Anglo population moved out of the inner city, the African American population in the Third Ward increased, and they built their own churches, schools, businesses, and other institutions. Many of those institutions still thrive today.
In the 1950s, almost 30,000 African Americans lived in the Third Ward, representing a majority of the population. Like most African American communities during segregation, the Third Ward was like a separate city within Houston, with Dowling Street as its main thoroughfare. The street was lined with black-owned businesses, churches, fraternal offices, apartment buildings, single-family housing, theaters, restaurants, and nightclubs.
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