Gerald Ensley: If not for FAMU, we would all be poorer
If there had been no Florida A&M University, the city of Tallahassee, the state of Florida and the nation would have been a poorer place in many ways.
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If there had been no Florida A&M University, the city of Tallahassee, the state of Florida and the nation would have been a poorer place in many ways.
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The state’s first African American-owned transportation company was formed in the mid-1920s and it continued operating until 1972 when it became part of the Winston Salem Transit Authority.
During segregation, bus routes in Winston-Salem that brought workers to the city’s major employers did not extend into Black neighborhoods. That often meant long walks to the main routes or trolley lines, until Safe Bus. The state’s first African American-owned transportation company was formed in the mid-1920s to service the East Winston community, and it continued operating until 1972 when it became part of the Winston Salem Transit Authority.