Of Boston’s 781,188 residents, 20,574 (2%) are African-American.
1930
Boston’s black community is the 40th largest in the U.S. During the 1930s, African-Americans begin moving from the South End to Lower Roxbury and the Nubian Square (then Dudley Square) area.
Sources
- Bostonian Society
- O'Connor, Thomas H.
- US Census