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"We tried to bring in cultural-type businesses, and little unique shops," she says as she sits in her own store, Gallery Plus, which is colorful with its displays of African American and African art that cover the walls above an impressive collection of African American books, memorabilia, and gifts. She motions across the street to the World Stage Performance Gallery, a non-profit educational arts and concert venue, and Kumasi's Gift Shop, as examples of the "music and art stores," which she and other community leaders have welcomed into this neighborhood.
"Most of these Black merchants will be out of here in not too long," [Brian Breye] insists. "Corporations will buy out these buildings and run the rent up high."As he rushes off to talk to a former patron who has stopped in to see how he is, he makes sure to emphasize his deep concern over this community's future as he leaves it behind. "What's happening to Leimert Park?" he asks. "Will it stay Black?"See the full content of this document
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Museum in Black Closes Down
After almost 40 years as a staple of Leimert Park's Degnan Blvd., the Museum in Black, a unique collection of memorabilia documenting the history of the African American experience, has closed down. Now, all that remains of the meticulously compiled historical center is dust, boxes, and a few remai...
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