Alice Kilpatrick and the Richmond Hotel

[thelakelander]

In the first decades of the twentieth century, when segregation narrowed opportunity and Black mobility was constrained by law, custom, and violence, African American women quietly built institutions that sustained community life. Among them was Alice Kirkpatrick, a Jacksonville businesswoman whose life's work placed her at the center of Black enterprise, civic organization, and cultural exchange during the Jim Crow era.

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[Charles Hunter]

A most interesting article. Thanks for sharing it.