Preservation Durham and The Regulator Bookshop are presenting a book talk as part of their People + Place Speaker Series.
The online discussion of the book Aaron McDuffie Moore: An African American Physician, Educator, and Founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street, will take place Tuesday, February 16th, 2021, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
You can watch on Zoom or Preservation Durham’s Facebook page.
Register for the Zoom event here.
Participating in the discussion will be host April Johnson, executive director of Preservation Durham, Blake Hill-Saya, author of the book, and C. Eileen Watts Welch, president of Durham Colored Library, Inc.
Join Preservation Durham 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. He 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.
