Black Wall Street
(historical, US) The hub of African American businesses and financial services in Durham, North Carolina, during the late 1800s and early 1900s, located on Parrish Street.
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(historical, US) The hub of African American businesses and financial services in Durham, North Carolina, during the late 1800s and early 1900s, located on Parrish Street.
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(historical, US) The freedom colony of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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(historical, US) Jackson Ward, a historically African-American district in Richmond, Virginia, with a long tradition of African-American businesses.
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