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I'd love to learn more.

This history of the Western Addition (including the Fillmore) — http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Western_Addition:_A_B... — suggests that three factors contributed to the growth of its black community after WWII:

(1) a sudden rise in SF's black population in the aftermath of WWII (from ~5K residents in 1940 to 43.5K in 1950)

(2) the Western Addition's already diverse racial makeup (relative to other neighborhoods at the time)

(3) the internment of Japanese Americans, which removed ~5K residents from the Western Addition virtually overnight.

Wikipedia is actually a pretty good jumping-off point here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore_District,_San_Francis...

This country is like one crime after another . . .

But I guess the bright side is what a host to diversity a city can be.

Sometimes. The changeover from a Jewish neighborhood to a Japanese one was peaceful. The Fillmore has a more colorful history than many parts of SF.

Speaking of which, where'd the Jews move to? The SF jewish community feels a little sparse today. Maybe that's because SF Jews are strongly secular?

It moved a bit north into Pac Heights. There's still a significant community center there. As Jewish acceptance increased, the Jewish community of SF has dispersed.

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