East Hargett Street is a street in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. It was plotted in 1792 as one of the original streets in the city, and in the early 1900s hosted a concentration of black-owned bus
East Hargett Street at the intersection with Wilmington Street, 2014
East Hargett Street with the Lightner Arcade on the right, 1926
East Hargett Street in the 1940s
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James Edwards Hamlin was an American military officer, businessman, and politician. Born in Virginia, he attended Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He worked some menial jobs before becoming
East Hargett Street (Raleigh, North Carolina)
…As Jim Crow racial segregation grew more entrenched, black-owned businesses began to concentrate along Wilmington Street. In 1904 black businessman James Hamlin and Walter T. Harris opened People's Drug Store on East Hargett Street. People's Drug Store was renamed Hamlin Drug three years later. The pharmacy…
Hamlin in uniform
People's Drug Store, c. 1905