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Tag: Harold A. Dawson Sr.

Empire Real Estate Board
Founded in 1939, the Empire Real Estate Board was a powerhouse of Black economic strategy, fighting Jim Crow zoning and the Peyton Road Wall for fair housing.
Civic & Social Organizations, Civil Rights & Social Justice
Harlan Terrace and Chalet-Peyton Woods
Following the fall of the 1962 Peyton Road barricades, incoming homeowners transformed these subdivisions into a highly organized, affluent community.
Civil Rights & Social Justice, Neighborhoods & Subdivisions

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Tag: Harold A. Dawson Sr.

Empire Real Estate Board

Harlan Terrace and Chalet-Peyton Woods