Most of El Paso’s African American community lived, worked, and worshipped in the Segundo Barrio together with their Mexican American neighbors during the first part of the twentieth century. Alameda Avenue has been called the El Paso’s version of “Black Wall Street.” Come visit the home of civil rights leaders Dr. Lawrence and Drusilla Nixon and the residence of Henry Flipper (first African American graduate of Westpoint). Our tour will also visit the African-American hotels, theaters, and businesses listed in the Green Book, and other important sites of memory that tell the story of African American contributions to our border city.
Tour begins: at the entrance of the Union Depot.
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