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America Reframed

Blurring the Color Line | A Black and Chinese Neighborhood

In Augusta, Georgia's Black neighborhood, Chinese-owned grocery stores once lined the streets. Black residents talk about the stores they used to shop at when they were younger, sharing how each business supplied essentials and more for the community. For the Chinese, owning a small business provided an economic means to move up socially...but only to a point.