The city’s historic preservation office was awarded a $20,000 grant from the state for the first phase of the project.
The initial phase will be to identify the standing architecture and cultural sites within the city limits associated with the African American community. The second phase, which will need additional funding, will be to create a historic context document with the research and database from the first phase.
One such building, the Beau Brummel Social Club, an African American social club and bar, was demolished in 2018. “Dunbar, which was established around the same time only had education through middle school. There was no high school equivalent for African Americans in Tucson,” Levstik said, noting the gap filled by Marist College.She is already aware of the residence of Cicero Simmons, the first principal of Dunbar School, located off Fourth Avenue, and the house of Ulysses Kay, a prominent jazz musician who lived in Barrio Viejo.
Another neighborhood of interest for the project is A Mountain, located to the west of downtown. Levstik said the neighborhood was established and homesteaded by returning war veterans. At the time, Barrio Viejo was a vibrant multi-cultural neighborhood with blocks of adobe buildings, according to local experts.
She said many African Americans were recruited to work in the agricultural fields in places like Marana and Pinal County to grow staples like cotton. They were also recruited to work in logging communities up north.
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