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Former North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and Mechanics and Farmers Bank building. Black Wall Street was the hub of African-American businesses and financial services in Durham, North Carolina, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. It is located on Parrish Street. [1] It was home to Mechanics and Farmers Bank and North Carolina Mutually
Hayti (pronounced "HAY-tie"), also called Hayti District, is the historic African-American community that is now part of the city of Durham, North Carolina. [1] It was founded as an independent black community shortly after the American Civil War on the southern edge of Durham by freedmen coming to work in tobacco warehouses and related jobs in the city.
It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in North Carolina was the Journal of Freedom of Raleigh, which published its first issue on September 30, 1865. [1] The African American press in North Carolina has historically been centered on a few large cities such as Raleigh, Durham, and Greensboro. [2]
Owned by Mike Potter, best known for creating the annual beer festival Blacktoberfest, Proximity will hold its grand opening Friday, Dec. 15, at its taproom and production space at 491 S. Driver St.
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Support Black-owned restaurants in Raleigh and Wake with this list that covers seafood, barbecue, Jamaican food, coffee and much more.
In 1935, Mollie Huston Lee founded the first black public library in Wake County within the Delaney Building. [22] The state Negro Division of Education also maintained offices there. [7] By 1940, East Hargett peaked with 51 black-owned and 27 white-owned businesses. [30] In 1959, 46 black-owned and 23 white-owned businesses remained. [31]
Richard Burton Fitzgerald (c. 1843 – March 24, 1918) was an American brickmaker and business man who lived in Durham, North Carolina. After building his enterprise, he became president of the black-owned Mechanics and Farmers Bank in Durham, and was involved in other business ventures throughout North Carolina.