McGee, H. (2007). Gentrification, Integration or Displacement? The Seattle Story. The Urban Lawyer, 167. Retrieved from http://www.blackpast.org
“In the article, Henry W. McGee, Jr., a Seattle University Professor of Law and Central District resident, discusses the recent dramatic transformation of the Seattle area from a predominately working class African American community into an area of high income white, Asian American and African American professionals.”
Mudede, C. (2006). Human Remains. The Stranger. Retrieved from http://www.thestranger.com
“Charles Mudede is the Associate Editor for the Seattle-based weekly The Stranger. In this particular article he writes about a post gentrified Central District. Written from an interesting angle of crack addicts that remain there even after when most of CD population has been replaced due to rising housing cost.”
Quintard, Taylor. The Forging Of A Black Community: A History of Seattle's Central District. Seattle, University of Washington, 1994, Print
“Quintard Taylor explores the evolution of Seattle’s Black community from its first few residents in the 1870s to a population of nearly forty thousand in 1970. With events such as the massive influx of Southern African Americans into the city beginning with World War II and the transformation of African American community leadership in the 1960s from an integrationist to a black power stance, Seattle both anticipates and mirrors national trends.”
23rd & Union “is a docu-drama that weaves real interviews with fictional characters to investigate the 2008 murder of Degene Berecha in the popular Seattle restaurant Philadelphia Cheese-Steak.
Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas presents and produces Black cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area.Central District News is a neighborhood blog that covers news and events for the Central District
http://www.remappingdebate.org/ It is committed to covering the domestic policy issues and asking the “why?” and “why not?”
The Corner is an experiment in community storytelling. These are photos of the storytellers, installed at the intersection. Between the months of June and August in 2009, The Corner set up a phone line and asked for stories. People shared their experiences via special phone lines at the Corner. Their stories and photographs have been preserved on the website.
The Seattle Times offers interactive maps that explore newly released 2010 Census data
The Seattle Times offers interactive maps that explore newly released 2010 Census data
