Hung T. Vu
Special to the Redding Record Searchlight
June 11, 2026, 2:01 a.m. PT
Linda Morgan sits inside the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center. Her family owned the ABC Grocery Store which had been located at 1028 West Street until it was torn down in the 1970s.
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An ornamental plaque affixed to a cement bench at the corner of Linden Avenue and West Street in Redding marks where the Black-owned ABC Grocery Store sat prior to the 1970s.
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Foundations are all that remain of homes along Linden Avenue in Redding in April 2026, where mainly Black people had lived prior to the 1970s.
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The current scene along a portion of Linden Avenue in Redding, where only the foundations of some homes remained in April 2026. A section of the Mercy Medical Center can be seen on the ridge above what used to be the mostly-Black Linden Avenue community.
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Linda Morgan inside the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Redding. Her family owned the ABC Grocery Store which had been located at 1028 West St. until it was torn down in the 1970s.
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Scene near Linden Avenue in Redding in April 2026.
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Foundations of homes are all that remain on some sections of Linden Avenue in Redding, where a Black community once stood.
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Open space is now located where Linden Street, lined with homes, used to wind near West Street in Redding.
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Linda Morgan, whose family owned the ABC Grocery Store in Redding, stands at a bench with a decorative plaque commemorating the store’s owners.
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Foundations remain along Linden Avenue in Redding, where a Black community existed in the past.
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The current-day scene around the Linden Avenue community in Redding in April 2026.
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Views of the area in and around Linden Avenue and West Street in Redding in April 2026, where a Black community once stood.
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Linda Morgan sits inside the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center. Her family owned the ABC Grocery Store which had been located at 1028 West Street until it was torn down in the 1970s.
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Linda Morgan sits inside the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Redding. Her family owned the ABC Grocery Store which had been located at 1028 West Street until it was torn down in the 1970s.
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The current-day scene around the Linden Avenue community in April 2026 in Redding.
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