The History And Success Of Durham’s Black Wall Street

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The History And Success Of Durham’s Black Wall Street

During the 1900s, Durham’s Black Wall Street was one of the most thriving commercial areas throughout the south. Known as the capital of the Black middle class in America and the Bull City, Black Wall Street became nationally renowned for fostering Black entrepreneurship.  Durham, known as the Mecca of the Black South, birthed the oldest and largest black-owned life insurance company in the United States; N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company and M…