Texas Avenue was home to many Black businesses in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Shreveport Sun, the Star Theater, and several haberdashers, drugstores, bakeries and restaurants. The Avenue was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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Texas Avenue was home to many black businesses in the 1950s and 1960s, including the Shreveport Sun, the Star Theater, and several haberdashers, drugstores, bakeries and restaurants.