June 30, 2023

Maggie Lena Walker

Banker and Community Leader in Jackson Ward, the First Black WallStreet In the early 1900s, and after being disenfranchised by Virginia’s new constitution, Black citizens of Richmond Virginia, with little political power, created a bustling business district in the Jackson Ward section of Richmond. That area was the first to be called “Black Wall Street.” Jackson Ward was home to […]

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June 2, 2023

Juneteenth

Black Americans have been celebrating Juneteenth since 1866. What is Juneteenth? What is the history behind the holiday? When the 1860 census was recorded, there were four million people held in slavery in southern states, including Maryland and Delaware. White farmers depended on that free labor to grow and harvest their crops. Abraham Lincoln, who was a candidate for president […]

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