SEATTLE ¨C Not so long ago, few whites wanted to live in Seattle¡¯s diverse Central District, so it housed the people who had no choice.
Synagogues point to the neighborhood¡¯s long-gone Jewish past, an immigrant community that was joined by Japanese-Americans. Their internment in World War II left the way clear for a wave of African-Americans, who settled in big numbers and turned the area into the heart of Seattle¡¯s black community.
Now things are changing once again and the district¡¯s long-term black residents don¡¯t much like it.
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