Long before there was a Bailey Park or Innovation Quarter, the area of downtown Winston-Salem surrounding the old R.J.
Wall Street is known for its stock trades, but 300 years ago it was the site of a very different kind of investment.
The Brooklyn neighborhood was established in the late 1860's. At its height it was a thriving black business center and an African American city within a city known as Black Wall Street.
The son of slaves, Ottaway Gurley would become a multi-millionaire and one of the richest African-Americans in the country.
Monroe Nichols supports “significant elements” of the measure to recompense the families of Black people killed or left ...
Once a utopia of Black wealth and prosperity, Durham's Black Wall Street was destroyed by urban renewal, displacing hundreds ...
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church brought together organizations interested in revitalizing Charlotte’s “Black Wall Street ...
A century later, entrepreneurs and activists are working to preserve “Black Wall Street’s” memory while pushing to rebuild and recover what was lost. Photo: Rob Alcaraz/The Wall Street Journal ...
Black Wall Street Market held its 12th annual Black Wall Street Heritage and History Festival to kick off Black History Month and bring unity and love to the community.
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