But Young’s vision for Liberia was never realized. He ran out of money after a 1926 hurricane decimated Hollywood. Black residents lived in substandard housing, often in crowded tents. And soon after, Young’s street names were mysteriously changed throughout the city. In Liberia, three streets named to honor cities with robust black communities—Louisville, Macon, and Savannah—were renamed after Confederate generals who had fought to keep blacks enslaved.
