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Crenshaw | |
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| Nickname: The 'Shaw[1] | |
  Crenshaw Location within Los Angeles  Crenshaw Location within Greater Los Angeles  Crenshaw Location within California | |
| Coordinates: 34°01′05″N 118°20′26″W / 34.01810°N 118.34064°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Time zone | Pacific |
| ZIP Code | 90008 |
| Area Code | 323 |
Mural of African-American Progress and apartment complexes, along Crenshaw Boulevard
Crenshaw, or the Crenshaw District, is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California.[2][3]
In the post–World War II era, a Japanese American community was established in Crenshaw. African Americans started migrating to the district in the mid 1960s, and by the early 1970s were the majority.[4]
The Crenshaw Boulevard commercial corridor has had many different cultural backgrounds throughout the years,[5] but it is still "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles".[6]
- ^ "Japanese and Blacks, Sharing the 'Shaw", News and Notes, NPR News, August 11, 2005
- ^ "District Map & CA-37 Overview". November 30, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ "Southwest Community Police Station".
- ^ Kurashige, Scott (January 30, 2014). "Growing Up Japanese American in Crenshaw and Leimert Park". Communities. KCET. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ Meares, Hadley (May 17, 2019). "How Crenshaw became black LA's main street". Curbed LA. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
- ^ Robinson-Jacobs, Karen (May 2, 2001). "Noticing a Latin Flavor in Crenshaw". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2016.