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5. No idea, but thanks for posting. As far the money to afford...
Tue Aug 17, 2021, 08:19 AM
Aug 2021

the stylish clothes and a photographer, remember there were many prosperous Black towns during that time period. The nation was just reminded of that a few months back with the one hundred year anniversary of massacre and destruction "Black Wall St. in Tulsa, OK.

And there were many other similar massacres and burnings of Black towns in the south and mid west. My point being, some Black folks prospered by staying together and trading and doing business among themselves and away from racist whites. That is until the whites got jealous and went on one of their many attacks against Blacks doing too well for their tastes.

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