A racial dot map depicting early concentrations of African Americans according to Spokane's precincts in 1905.

ID: 5707 ~ Source: Courtesy of Joseph Franklin, "All through the Night the History of Spokane Black Americans", 1989

This file appears in: Historical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane: In Spokane's earliest decades, neighborhoods were segregated by wealth, not by race.

The map shows the highest concentrations of African Americans during 1905 appear in the Liberty park area and Hillyard.

This file appears in: Historical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane: In Spokane's earliest decades, neighborhoods were segregated by wealth, not by race.

Historical African American Neighborhoods in Spokane: In Spokane's earliest decades, neighborhoods were segregated by wealth, not by race.

By Elizabeth Hedt

Before 1920, Spokane neighborhoods had no formal policies segregating housing by race. Successful Black Spokanites erected fine residents all over town, many of which still stand today.