'A special space carved out here in Durham’: The rise, fall and impact of Black Wall Street
By Sana Pashankar | January 21, 2022“Most people, when they talk about Durham’s Black Wall Street, they only talk about the financial district, the businesses, but it was also what we call the Hayti community. ... It was literally a community that helped the business sector to thrive and survive,” said Jim Harper, chair and professor of history at North Carolina Central University.