WHRO Production

Grades: 4-11
Length: 1/30 Minute
Rights: Perpetuity with Distribution and Duplication
Internet: http://www.norfolk.gov/about/history.asp

Norfolk is one of the oldest cities in the nation and it also has some of the richest history. Church Street, Harlem Of The South recaptures what Church Street used to be -- a bustling place once know as the Harlem of the South. This program retraces the historical steps and people involved in making Church Street the vibrant place it was. Visit the infamous Attucks Theatre, where such performing greats as Louis Armstrong, Ruth Brown, Duke Ellington, Count Bassie, and Gary U.S. Bonds were show cased. Church Street was also a model of integration in the 1920's and 30's as the invisible barriers of the Jim Crow laws created a haven of independence and self-determinations for blacks in the area. Many blacks on Church Street became entrepreneurs and prospered during that time. For future generations, Church Street will be a four-lane highway. But others will remember a place where great performers traveled long roads to entertain and to rest, where leaders of the civil rights movement were born and where the memory and culture of a people were nurtured.

Feeds

Wednesday 2/25/09 3:30-4:00 a.m.