The 1930s and 1940s saw unprecedented prosperity for the African Americans of Jackson\'s Church Street. organizing an NAACP meeting at his field office on nearby Farish Street..
It was one of the most popular places to see and be seen, whether that meant spotting Louis Armstrong strolling out of the Crystal Palace Club or Martin Luther King Jr.
From the first black millionaire in the United States to defenders of civil rights, nearly all of Jackson\'s black professionals lived on Church Street.
The 1930s and 1940s saw unprecedented prosperity for the African Americans of Jackson\'s Church Street