Why black-owned businesses in Rock Hill, South Carolina disappeared | For The Culture

A piece of unknown history played an instrumental part in the thriving of downtown Rock Hill, but those painful memories remain. Billie Jean Shaw takes us down Black Street, which was home to several prominent black businesses in the 1950s before urban renewal closed them down to “beautify” urban areas. #WakeUpCLT #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth

How urban renewal led to the end of black-owned businesses in Rock Hill:

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