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Dobyville

African-American history of FloridaAfrican-American segregation in the United StatesHistory of Tampa, FloridaNeighborhoods in Tampa, Florida

Dobyville was a historic black neighborhood in what is now West Hyde Park, Tampa, Florida. It was named for Richard Cornelius (properly, Curtis) Doby, a resident philanthropic black businessman and community leader.Dobyville encompassed the area from North B Street on the north to Swann Avenue to the south, from Albany Avenue on the west to Willow Avenue on the east. The neighborhood's modest homes, warehouses and supporting businesses lined each side of the railroad tracks that pass diagonally thru the area from northeast to southwest. By the turn of the 20th century, Jim Crow segregation relegated the majority of Tampa's black population to a handful of racially delineated neighborhoods including "the Scrub" (in Tampa's Central Avenue district), West Tampa, Ybor City, Dobyville, and College Hill.

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Dobyville
Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway, Tampa Hyde Park

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Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway 396
33606 Tampa, Hyde Park
Florida, United States
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