Since 1898, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company has been a “beacon” in what became known as “Black Wall Street” in the heart of Durham.
“The need was for an insurance company at that time for the African-American community,” Vertella Solomon said. “So these six gentlemen got together and decided that they would actually start this insurance company.”
Solomon, who has worked at NC Mutual for more than four decades, reflected on the company’s impact on the community, focusing on life insurance for African Americans…