"We Were More Together Than We Are Now"

"The color line was guarded by the gatekeepers of real estate agents and police officers who held the border against black residents foolish enough to rent a house, order a vodka tonic or cruise down a traffic circle in the wrong neighborhood.
"By necessity, the segregated Santa Ana neighborhood became the cultural hub for black Orange County residents, bound together by churches, clubs, barbershops, beauty salons, and barbecue restaurants with the smoky tang of Texas--the home state for many black migrants."

In a 1994 Los Angeles Times article, Doreen Carvajal discusses the fading of what was Orange County's most prominent black neighborhood.