Photo courtesy of Austin History Center
Along east Sixth Street in Austin in the 1870s, a bustling African American commercial district developed. Author Toni Tipton-Martin will explore the development and impact of this district. There will also be a screening of the Foodways Texas documentary,Mama Sugar, about the matriarch of the Sugar Shack Trailblazers, a trail riding club.
Austin History Center
810 Guadalupe St.
Austin, TX
https://library.austintexas.gov/press-release/black-enterprise-remembering-austins-pioneering-entrepreneurs
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