Here’s A Look Inside The First Black-Owned Textile Mill Founded By Warren Clay Coleman
Warren Clay Coleman was considered “the richest Black man in America” in 1900 by opening the first Black-owned textile mill ...
‘Richest Black man in 1900’ built and ran nation’s first Black-owned textile mill in NC
Built by former slaves, the mill was so famous that W.E.B. DuBois included pictures of the building in an exhibit at the ...
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Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...
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History and housing - Warren C. Coleman apartments project officially begins
To both honor a local African American trailblazer and also address an urgent need in the community, the former ...
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‘Richest Black man in 1900’ built and ran nation’s first Black-owned textile mill in NC
Born into slavery in 1849, Warren Clay Coleman had an entrepreneurial spirit that led him to found the nation’s first Black-owned and -operated textile factory. The former mill is at Main Street ...