The Rise of Black Phoenix
Phoenix is the largest city in the Southwest and one of the largest urban centers in the country. It has developed a popular reputation as a desert oasis, a “Phoenix,” which has risen from ancient Hohokam Indian ruins, bursting with social, economic, and political opportunity. This popular perception, created by the city’s modern Euro-American founders, pioneers, and commercial boosters, fueled the enormous movement which has established Phoenix as one of the nation’s premier urban centers. Currently, more than half of all Arizonans live in Phoenix, ...