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North of Main: Spartanburg's historic Black neighborhoods

North of Main: Spartanburg's historic Black neighborhoods

Update: 2025-02-07
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This week, we’ll be talking with Betsy Teter and Jim Neighbors about their book, North of Main: Spartanburg's Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the College. In this book, co-authors Brenda Lee Pryce, Betsy Teter and Jim Neighbors tell the story of how post-emancipation black districts arose in Spartanburg and how they disappeared. 

In this episode we will talk about the history of the neighborhoods and introduce you to a few of the pioneering Black men and women who lived and worked in there.

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North of Main: Spartanburg's historic Black neighborhoods

North of Main: Spartanburg's historic Black neighborhoods

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