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Creating Africatown In Seattle's Central District

caption: A mural at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in the Central District of Seattle.
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A mural at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in the Central District of Seattle.
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Bill Radke speaks with Wyking Garrett about his vision to create an Africatown -- akin to a Chinatown or International District -- in Seattle. Garrett sees Africatown as a way to expand and preserve the African-American identity of Seattle's Central District.

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