GIS Dynamic Map of Historic Black Businesses

In addition to the farmers, service workers, and clerical and municipal leaders across southern Orange County, Black entrepreneurs and artisans created a vibrant, relatively independent economy on the “Midway.” Click on the red thumbtacks in the map below to see some historic achievements in Black business. In each box that pops us, scroll down to see related ads and photos.

This map is preliminary. See something missing? Have materials to add? Click on “Respond” to tell more or to share any documents--business records, ads, menus, deeds—you may have.

"We’re writing our own history, thank you!"

Ms. Esphur Foster

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History is not the past.  It’s the sense we make of the past now. Click below to RESPOND—and be part of making history today.

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