Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Expunging "South Central" L.A.

From the Los Angeles Times: "Five years ago, [Los Angeles] expunged the name 'South Central' from its maps and replaced it with the more general 'South Los Angeles.' The change was meant to erase the stigma of riots and blight that marred an area south of the 10 Freeway and along Central Avenue, a place renowned in the 1940s for its thriving black culture--restaurants, jazz clubs and businesses."

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