MILWAUKEE -- The cost of damage to eight businesses that were burned during violence could exceed several million dollars.
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It's now a waiting game to see if any in Sherman Park will rebuild. It's reminiscent of another troubling moment in Milwaukee's history.
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Historian Clayborn Benson spoke about about a once flourishing part of the city on 3rd Street, now called Martin Luther King Junior Drive.
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Many of those businesses were abandoned in the 1960's.
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"The riot that occurred here made people pull out their investments and move on," said Clayborn Benson, Wisconsin Black Historical Society.
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Benson believes rebuilding will happen in the Sherman Park area, because it is a residential area.
Benson points to history once again to make rebuilding a success, saying there needs to be government grants and investment in black-owned businesses to ensure they will thrive.
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