Blake Hill-Saya, C. Eileen Watts Welch: Aaron McDuffie Moore, Founder of Black Wall Street (online)
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Eileen Watts-Welch Photo Credit: Anthony FarrellSaya Blake-Hill Photo Credit: Dylan J. Serbia
People + Place Speaker Series sponsored by Preservation Durham, The Regulator Bookshop, and Museum of Durham History
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Join us for a discussion about the life of Aaron McDuffie Moore, founder of Durham's Black Wall Street. The author, Blake Hill-Saya and C. Eileen Watts Welch, President of Durham Colored Library who commissioned the biography. Hill-Saya & Welch are descendants of Moore. They will talk about the book and insights on the life and leadership of Aaron McDuffie Moore a man whose community dedication went beyond mere profit and was a visionary ahead of his time with a strong commitment to improving people’s lives in every aspect - from health and education to business and the arts.