Record #:

3367

Author(s):

Williams, Lana C.

Abstract:

From Reconstruction to the post-World War II days, a section of Chapel Hill called Midway was a successful black business district. However, the city's commercial boom, the civil rights movement, and families selling out contributed to its decline.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 24, July 1997, p9-10, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American business enterprises--Chapel Hill