By 1900 there were 3,443 black residents, in a total city population of 102,555.

By 1790, the city had 2,000 free black residents, a number that continued to increase.

She said the couple would be the only black residents on the block.

For black residents of Union, there was a special pain.

There are 87,000 black residents in this town of 725,000.

By the early 1880s, the city had approximately 500 black residents.

He felt and saw the black residents closing in behind him.

He noted that there were no black residents and asked why.

To many, especially black residents, he is still a hero.

But the town's black residents are the poorest, and more than 80 percent of them have no jobs.