Since the 1970s, Crenshaw and neighboring Leimert Park have formed one of the largest African American neighborhoods in the United States, despite heavy damage from the 1992 riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
Since the 1970s, Crenshaw and neighboring Leimert Park together have formed one of the largest Black areas in the United States, outside of the entire South Side and south suburban region of Chicago. Crenshaw suffered heavy damage from both the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.