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Jackson Ward

Richmond's historic Black business district known as the Birthplace of Black Capitalism and home to Maggie L. Walker's bank.

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Two square miles north of downtown. From the 1890s through the 1950s, Jackson Ward housed the country's densest concentration of Black-owned banks, newspapers, and theaters. The Hippodrome Theater hosted Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway.

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1st & Marshall Streets, Richmond, VA, USA

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