The story
The first Black-owned full-service grocery, anchoring Black Wall Street until the interstate destroyed it.
Everything that was here
- 1938–present
Circle Food StoreHistoric Business
The first Black-owned full-service grocery, anchoring Black Wall Street until the interstate destroyed it.
See the map in 1939 →
Nearby history
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