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How one business built Black Wall Street

How one business built Black Wall Street

The Broadside · WUNC News

February 1, 202424m 45s

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Show Notes

At the turn of the 20th century, the epicenter of America’s Black middle class was in a midsize city in central North Carolina. Durham was home to NC Mutual, an insurance company that provided a foundation for Black wealth in the South amidst Jim Crow segregation. Recently though, NC Mutual closed its doors, marking the end to more than a hundred years of business.

Featuring:

  • Kimberly Moore, Director of Civic Engagement for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District
  • Andre Vann, Coordinator of University Archives and Instructor of Public History at NC Central University 
  • Carl Webb, Co-founder of Provident 1898

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