Beginning there, those sitting in restaurants, coming out of theatres, standing in doorways and looking out of windows are practically all Blacks; and then he emerges where the population suddenly becomes white again. ... They dealt with Black life from a Black perspective. ... Blacks developed a new consciousness. The deterioration of the social position of blacks in American Society caused blacks to turn to each other and develop the ideas of self-help and black pride. ... Phillips Episcopal Church, all of which have been integral parts of the City's Black community, at least since...

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