Downtown Durham African American Historian-Guided Tour

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Downtown Durham African American Historian-Guided Tour

Community & CultureCultural & Heritage FestivalsHistoryWalkAfrican & Diaspora CultureCommunity & Culture / Cultural & Heritage Festivals
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CasualGeneral PublicBlack/African AmericanProfessionalsPublic
When:
August 22, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Where:
CCB Plaza, 201 Corcoran St., Durham, NC
Source:
Downtown Durham Inc – Events

Durham: the mecca of black capitalism and the center of North Carolina’s African American business community. Join a local historian on this guided walking tour of Durham’s Black Wall Street, hearing the stories of how a humble sharecropper became the owner of the largest black-ned company in American history, and seeing some of the sites related to their stories. Learn how businessmen, labor organizers, educated academics, and craftsmen each contributed to the unique history of Durham’s African

CasualGeneral PublicBlack/African AmericanProfessionalsPublicHistoryWalkAfrican & Diaspora Culture

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  • City coverage

    Durham, NC

  • Primary source

    Downtown Durham Inc – Events

  • Categories

    Community & Culture, Cultural & Heritage Festivals, History

  • Signals

    Casual, General Public, Black/African American, Professionals