 This means we musn’t let our colored neighbors fall into economic depression.”
It was also evident that the level of business on Black Wall Street was insignificant in comparison to the Duke Tobacco industry.Therefore, the Dukes saw the aid to Black Wall Street as no threat to their industrial dominance of Durham.Though racial tolerance and direct capital investment were prevalent amongst the highest ranking whites of Durham, the typical white citizen exhibited the stereotypical distaste for African Americans and provided little help in the progression of Black Wall Street.