Percent black 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%+ Onondaga Lake Downtown 690 Syracuse Section of Interstate 81 to be removed Syracuse Univ. South side 81 481 Syracuse 1 MILE NEW YORK New York Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Percent black 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%+ Onondaga Lake Downtown 690 Syracuse West side Syracuse Univ. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)More than a half-century later, some of those runways and highways are crumbling beyond repair. It showed a copy of a residential covenant prohibiting blacks from moving into a particular neighborhood, then a common practice in Syracuse. He remembers other black families planting vegetables in their gardens and setting up businesses of their own.

Source: Washington Post October 20, 2019 21:38 UTC