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Crenshaw | |
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Nickname: The 'Shaw[1] | |
Location within Greater Los Angeles | |
Coordinates: 34°01′05″N 118°20′26″W / 34.01810°N 118.34064°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Los Angeles |
City | Los Angeles |
Time zone | Pacific |
ZIP Code | 90008 |
Area Code | 323 |
Crenshaw, or the Crenshaw District, is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California.[2][3]
In the post–World War II era, a Japanese American community was established in Crenshaw. African Americans started migrating to the district in the mid 1960s, and by the early 1970s were the majority.[4]
The Crenshaw Boulevard commercial corridor has had many different cultural backgrounds throughout the years,[5] but it is still "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles".[6]