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African American museum telling history of R.I. Black businesses

AN ADVERTISEMENT for the store owned and operated by Black businesswoman Eleanor Morey on Westminster Street in downtown Providence, starting in the 1860s. / COURTESY STAGES OF FREEDOM
AN ADVERTISEMENT for the store owned and operated by Black businesswoman Eleanor Morey on Westminster Street in downtown Providence, starting in the 1860s. / COURTESY STAGES OF FREEDOM

PROVIDENCE – From salons and funeral homes to catering and transportation companies, Black businesses in Rhode Island have a long – and often forgotten – history. Stages of Freedom, a Providence-based nonprofit dedicated to serving the Black community through arts and the humanities, has been illuminating the stories of historic Black business owners in Rhode

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