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 ...
This is an opinion column. This isn’t our first fight. Not even close. It’s not our first faceoff against efforts to demean, diminish and deter us. To derail our inalienable right to thrive ...
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose access to Treasury payment systems was approved by a ...
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.
The Paved Over Prominence Project led by Samantha Dorm tells the story of York's now gone Black historic sites, businesses and people.
From the site of Durham’s Black Wall Street, where Black-owned businesses thrived, to the site of the state’s oldest ...