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. It was home to Me
Former North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and Mechanics and Farmers Bank building
Memorial sign of Black Wall Street in Durham Downtown
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A black mecca, in the United States, is a city to which African Americans, particularly singles, professionals, and middle-class families, are drawn to live, due to some or all of the following factor
Black Wall Street (Durham, North Carolina)
…as an initiative of the City of Durham to honor the history of Black Wall Street and spur economic revitalization along a central downtown corridor. Black mecca Boyd, William (3 June 1927). The Story of Durham. Duke University Press…
New York City was considered the first Black mecca
1971 Ebony magazine portraying Atlanta as a Black Mecca
Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta
"Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro", March 1925 issue of Survey Graphic