Orange Mound, Memphis

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title: Orange Mound, Memphis
text: Orange Mound, a neighborhood in southeastern Memphis, Tennessee, was the first US neighborhood to be built by and for African Americans. Built on the grounds of the former Deaderick plantation, the Orange Mound subdivision was developed for African Americans in the 1890s to provide affordable land and residences for the less wealthy. Drugs and crime infected the neighborhood in the 1980s and 1990s. In the first decade of the 21st century, revitalization efforts were started and show positive eff
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description: Neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Mound,_Memphis
date created: 2005-04-22T07:57:49Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T08:10:43Z
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