LKLD Krate is located in the heart of Lakeland, Florida's historic Paul A. Diggs neighborhood, formerly known as Teaspoon Hill, a focal point of Lakeland's Black community since the 1920’s. Prominent Black leaders traveling around the country urged Blacks to relocate to Polk County because of its opportunities and cheap land. In 1912 Booker T. Washington, while on a speaking tour throughout the south, was invited to Lakeland, Florida by local Black educators and community leaders. On March 5, 1912 he addressed an audience of more than 2,000 Blacks and whites, advocating for the importance of education for economic advancement in Black communities. By 1925 public records show 26 Black-owned businesses lining the major commercial streets Teaspoon Hill, including restaurants, nightclubs, barbers, tailors, grocers, insurance companies, dry cleaners, investment groups, a taxi service and a bottling company, and offices for Black medical, dental and pharmaceutical professionals. In 1926, Washington Park High School became Lakeland’s first high school for Black students and one of only 6 Black highschools in the state of Florida, originally located just a few blocks from the LKLD Krate site. In the 1960s the Civil Rights Act was passed, outlawing discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion, or national origin. According to Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency’s Mid-Town Redevelopment Plan, Desegregation led to a slow death for many of Teaspoon Hill's previously successful Black-owned businesses. As desegregation continued and the growth of suburbs attracted new homes and stores, residents and resources left the Teaspoon Hill neighborhood. This eventually resulted in a large collection of barracks style public housing, a loss of neighborhood identity, a decrease in retail and commercial shops, and an increase in crime rates. Today the Teaspoon Hill commercial district is now lined with vacant lots where prominent Black businesses once stood.