North of Main : Spartanburg's historic Black neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom and Back of the College /

"New neighborhoods began emerging north of Main Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina in the 1870s as emancipated Black men and women spent their hard-won post-slavery wages to purchase lots and build homes. As the decades rolled by, they and their descendants established a string of neighborho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Pryce, Brenda Lee (Author), Neighbors, Jim, 1966- (Author), Teter, Betsy Wakefield (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Spartanburg, SC : Hub City Press, 2024.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	African American neighborhoods > South Carolina > Spartanburg. African Americans > South Carolina > Spartanburg > History. Spartanburg (S.C.) > History. Quartiers noirs américains > Caroline du Sud > Spartanburg. Noirs américains > Caroline du Sud > Spartanburg > Histoire.

Table of Contents:

Freedom
Birth of North Dean Street
Birth of Back of the College
Tobe Hartwell's story
Early education
The newsmen and the neighborhood
Noxious air
A community center and a high school
Heyday
Lunch counters
Gas Bottom and urban renewal
Demolition Back of the College
The Renaissance project
Epilogue: 2024
The residents (photo section).