Regional capital investment largely bypassed Brooklyn, taking place in the competing East St. Louis, Illinois, which gained the all-important railroad connection. Other white-majority towns also benefited by being part of the network of investment. "[A]lmost none of the all-Black towns obtained a railroad."Cha-Jua (2000), America's First Black Town, pp. 41-42 The small village soon became all black.
regional capital investment largely bypassed brooklyn taking place in the competing east st louis illinois which gained the all-important railroad connection other white-majority towns also benefited by being part of the network of investment "[a]lmost none of the all-black towns obtained a railroad"cha-jua (2000) america's first black town pp 41-42 the small village soon became all black