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African-American community once played a large part in Butte s history

African-American community once played a large part in Butte s history Butte s historty includes once-thriving Black community By: John Emeigh and last updated 2021-01-19 11:19:30-05 BUTTE - Butte’s African American population is under 200 people, but at the turn of the 20th century, it hosted a much larger population. “Historically, earlier on, we had early neighborhoods that were kind of exclusive to individuals of color throughout our history,” said Butte historian and teacher Chris Fisk. At the time, there were two prominently black churches, social clubs and even a newspaper. “Butte was the home of Montana’s first black-owned newspaper, individuals of color, it was called the Butte New Age. Barbs John Dunton and another guy by name of Chris Dorsey,” said Fisk.

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