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New Orleans. It was the biggest entry way for blacks in the nation for 50+ years. Look up the history of Congo Square, just for starters. Then look up the many, many influential blacks that came from the city, or were responsible for the city as we know it today. I don't know how many, if any other cities could even compare.
New Orleans. It was the biggest entry way for blacks in the nation for 50+ years. Look up the history of Congo Square, just for starters. Then look up the many, many influential blacks that came from the city, or were responsible for the city as we know it today. I don't know how many, if any other cities could even compare.
Richmond was actually the second largest after New Orleans. Clearly not something so positive, but it's said that the majority of African Americans could trace some ancestry through Richmond and New Orleans. At least according to NPR.
As far as Richmond goes, you have some prominent greats like Maggie L. Walker (first woman to charter a bank, and also African American bank president; Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; Arthur Ashe; and Douglas Wilder (first African American governor). Jackson Ward in Richmond has a significant history as being an important center of black culture in the South both before and after the war and into the 20th century.
Richmond was actually the second largest after New Orleans. Clearly not something so positive, but it's said that the majority of African Americans could trace some ancestry through Richmond and New Orleans. At least according to NPR.
As far as Richmond goes, you have some prominent greats like Maggie L. Walker (first woman to charter a bank, and also African American bank president; Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; Arthur Ashe; and Douglas Wilder (first African American governor). Jackson Ward in Richmond has a significant history as being an important center of black culture in the South both before and after the war and into the 20th century.
True for Richmond, but I mentioned the Tidewater area in particular because it was a major port of entry for slaves in the U.S.
Richmond was actually the second largest after New Orleans. Clearly not something so positive, but it's said that the majority of African Americans could trace some ancestry through Richmond and New Orleans. At least according to NPR.
As far as Richmond goes, you have some prominent greats like Maggie L. Walker (first woman to charter a bank, and also African American bank president; Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; Arthur Ashe; and Douglas Wilder (first African American governor). Jackson Ward in Richmond has a significant history as being an important center of black culture in the South both before and after the war and into the 20th century.
I believe that Wilder is the first African American elected as governor of a state, but many reference P.B.S. Pinchback as the first African American governor. Pinchback was the governor of Louisiana during for 15 days from December 1871 into January of 1872.
Why are you asking about African American culture? You're a racist!
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