From the Fillmore’s jazz alley to Richmond’s bustling wartime scene, the Bay Area was the destination for a great wave of young Black people in the first half of the 20th century, ...

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By 1960, the neighborhood was 60 percent black. Meanwhile, the Fillmore District in San Francisco became known as the “Harlem of the West,” boasting a famous music scene that featured such ...