Black Meccas of America...

[murksiderock]

Speaks for itself, I'll go first:

New York
Washington-Baltimore (DMV)
Atlanta
South Florida
Houston
Los Angeles

Would be my Top 6, based on overwhelming cultural legacies and contributions to America at large, based on black cultural output, based on the strength of black community in these places; blackness is these six are international both demographically and internationally renowned....

I do think there is a "next" tier of complementary black areas that are either burgeoning, or are significant regional cultivators of blackness:

Philadelphia
Charlotte
Orlando
New Orleans
Detroit
Chicago
Dallas

Then I think there's a third tier that is also regionally potent, just less so:

Boston
Raleigh-Durham
Nashville
Indianapolis
Minneapolis-St Paul (Twin Cities)
Las Vegas
San Francisco-Oakland (Bay Area)
Seattle

 

[EBK String]

How the hell is Houston , south Florida, La and Atl above Chicago? Do you even know the history of Chicago? Bronzville alone is more important to black history than those cities.

 

[MoveForward]

There are no black mecca's... We don't run one city in this country from top to bottom and that's something we just have to be honest about. I'm from Atlanta and I never seen this city as a black mecca. We have black people that do well for themselves, beautiful black women, and we know how to have a good time but once you start getting around that West Paces crowd, you find out who really runs sh1t.

 

[El Bombi]

 

[blockburna420]

Black businesses is still a minority here. Far from Mecca

 

[Paper Boi]

i don't know if i would consider Sacramento a black mecca, it's pretty diverse among blacks, cacs, latinos and asians equally, but we got the baddest black women of any city i've ever been to.

 

[How Sway?]

Your entitled to your own opinion OP but how the fukk do you Have Houston los Angeles and so Fla over chicago?

And not to mention philly and detroit...

my list of cities with the most influential black communities (past & present) culturally and politically
1.atlanta
2.nyc
3.chicago
4.the DMV
5. New Orleans
6. Philly/Detroit (tie)
7. L.A.
8.oakland/the bay
9. houston
10. Memphis

 

[invalid]

How the hell is Houston , south Florida, La and Atl above Chicago? Do you even know the history of Chicago? Bronzville alone is more important to black history than those cities.

Bronzeville rivaled Harlem and in some cases was more successful. I may be wrong, but I don’t think OP is American.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

LA? Houston?

Da fukk?

 

[El Bombi]

LA? Houston?

Da fukk?

Co-sign

 

[Savvir]

LA is not a black mecca....
Majority of black neighborhoods are poverty level.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

There are little to no "real" black meccas in this country. Meaning black people own 80+% of the businesses in the city, control the economy, control the education, control the healthcare, control the crime, have high positions throughout the government, etc.nikkas hand out that title and "black excellence" way too easily.

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

What about DC chocholate city

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I’m not good at doing orders but this is my list

NYC, Chicago, LA, Philly, DC, Baltimore, Charlotte, Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, South Florida, Detroit, Oakland.

My list^^

 

[UberEatsDriver]

LA is not a black mecca....
Majority of black neighborhoods are poverty level.

LA has a few middle class back areas that are known as some of the wealthiest in the nation.