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Revisiting Our Roots: Dorr Street Comes Alive Once Again!
On Saturday, August 20,
2016, the African American Legacy Project, under the
leadership of Robert Smith, hosted Dorr Street … Live II, a
free, public event intended to rekindle the spirit of a
community, a neighborhood, a culture and … a people.
Food, fun, entertainment
and more greeted visitors at the corner of Dorr and
Collingwood as everyone reminisced about the times – 50
years ago, when Dorr Street was an explosion of colors,
sight, sounds and aromas.
The street was filled with
black-owned businesses and served as the cornerstone of
Toledo’s African-American business, cultural and artistic
life.
The African American
Legacy Project’s mission is to document local black history
and part of that charge includes documenting the history of
Dorr Street especially for those who never had the
opportunity to experience that time and place.
Everything changed … ended
… in 1974 as the city and state completed the urban renewal
project that effectively turned the street into merely an
expanded corridor to the downtown area.
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