Sixth Street: The Image of the Black Entrepreneur
20 videos • 110 views • by Austin History Center This series of oral histories was conducted as a part of the “Sixth Street: The Image of the Black Entrepreneur” exhibit that ran at the Carver Museum in Austin, Texas from November 14, 1986 to May 31, 1987. From the exhibit brochure: “Sixth Street: The Image of the Black Entrepreneur” is a comprehensive study of Austin’s Black business and professional elite. The exhibit was coordinated as part of the Sesquicentennial celebration marking Texas’ independence from Mexico. It examines the success, stability and independence of the founding generation of business men and women who operated on a section of Austin’s East Sixth Street corridor between 1890 and 1920. The exhibition offers a review of the city’s first wave of black entrepreneurs as depicted in illustrations, books, manuscripts, public records, oral testimonies, artifacts and memorabilia. Through these items, the museum was able to examine the role the black entrepreneur and professional played in the evolution of Austin’s business sector.