Elevate Dayton
June 15, 2022
VIDEO: Reflections on Community Part I: Yellow Springs once boasted a thriving Black business district
Oral history highlights memories of life in a self-reliant community full of Black entrepreneurs.
• Area once boasted many home-operated businesses
• Younger generations help keep memories alive
This summer, the News spoke with McKee, Jalyn Roe and Jocelyn Robinson, longtime Black residents, who shared their memories of the Black-owned businesses their families frequented growing up in Yellow Springs. Memories are often all that’s left of once-thriving businesses owned by Black residents; in 2020, only one Black-owned business operates downtown — The Yellow Springs Toy Company, which Jamie Sharp opened in 2018.
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