specifically to help Black Portlanders.” This gift was the inception of the 1803 Fund, so named for the year that York, an enslaved African American “was directed to join the Lewis and Clark ...

That's what gave way to what then was known as the Negro Wall Street. That's how long ago. The name Black Wall Street was really applied later to it. But that was the basis of the growth of the ...

JaCoi Pugh runs the Black Women's Wall Street. She says its her "God-given ... "You know, a lot of times when I say the name of our organization, it causes people to just kind of, you know ...

Two years later, her market, also named Black Wall Street, is starting to thrive. It will operate Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at 3708 W. Roosevelt Road. The theme of the first event will be food ...

Thanks to the robust turnout, a live band, and a pervasive sense of cheer, the festival was true to its name, turning Temple Street Plaza ... At the same time, the value of events like Black Wall ...