Black Wall Street Saturday organizers look to revitalize Beatties Ford Road
Black Wall Street Saturday allowed minority and women business owners to gather, speak with one another and learn about free resources that could help their businesses grow.
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The organizers are hoping to revitalize the Beatties Ford Road corridor, which was once known as Charlotte's Black Wall Street.
The original 'Black Wall Street' was in Tulsa. It was an African American economic and cultural mecca at the turn of the 20th century. But it was destroyed by armed rioters in 1921.
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