Roxbury Black Wall Street heritage conference
Resident proposes a cultural and museum conference on Roxbury's Black Wall Street, 1900-1965, turning research and oral histories into performance, music, art and reenactment.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
"The Way We Were: Roxbury Black Wall Street 1900-1965" is a cultural, community, and museum conference. Transforming research, oral histories into performance, music, song, art, skits, and reinactment
Who it helps and why
The conference primarily focuses on the Black Community in Roxbury. However, the community was integrated with Jewish, Irish, LGBQT, and Puerto Rican communities, who supported and contributed to the sustainability of Black Life in the entrepreneurial spectrum.
Details
- Cycle
- 2025–26
- Submitted
- July 2, 2025
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Education, Youth & Families
- How it was submitted
- Library, BCYF or other site
- Submitted at
- Black Biz Dev Inc.
- Submission language
- English
- Themes
- Arts & culture
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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