Central District

Seattle hip-hop artists paid homage to the city in their work. A new walking map explores some of the places central to the city's first decade of hip-hop.

Organizers want Seattle Blerds, or Black nerds, to feel like they can express all aspects of their identity at the Seattle Black Nerd Festival in the city's Central District.

A former longtime history professor at the University of Washington, Quintard Taylor started the research website BlackPast.

Jackson Street Jazz Trail is a new self-guided experience illuminating the jazz era of Seattle's Chinatown-International District and historically Black Central District.

If you’re looking to sip a pint and groove to some swingin’ hi-hat, check out these five breweries located from Bellingham to Beacon Hill.

Seattle's Central District used to be home to many Black families and businesses. But as developers bought up land, Black residents and businesses were priced out. In a sign Black businesses are returning, a new brewery opened in the neighborhood last month.

Seattle’s Central District once was a Black neighborhood.New arrivals and rising property values have pushed African Americans out, but many who have…

If you walk around Seattle's Central District this summer, you may see some official-looking signs about new developments in neighborhood parks. But look…

The site of Washington state's first black-owned bank is on its way to becoming what developers hope will be a hub for the neighborhood's modern black…

A deal has been reached between the owners, a developer and two nonprofits on a valuable piece of property in Seattle's Central District.Lake Union…