JFK Today
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Sixty-one years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in
Dallas.
I won’t get into the theories, conspiracy and otherwise, about “whodunn...
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How did Deep Ellum come by Deep Ellum?
twister said...
"How did Deep Ellum come by Deep Ellum?"
It was "lower" Elm Street, the Swiss/German business district (Rudolh's Meat market being the last surviving Kraut business there today). The Heinies were very tolerant of Blacks, and catered to their business. African-Americans soon established their own businesses along lower Elm Street... hence "Deep" Elm (or "Ellum") Street.
hmmm...i thought is was from the way African-Americans were known to pronounce Elm St in the twenties and thirties...Ellum. the mispronunciation stuck. Paging John Singleton, there's a movie for you.
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