Mt. Zion Black Cultural Center Presents: BLACK WALL STREET ATHENS Episode 2

Watch Trailer Director: Kingsley Lims Nyarko

Join us on Monday, May 19th at 7:00 p.m. as we help kick off Berry Day Week with a special event premiere screening of the latest episode of “Black Wall Street Athens”, presented by the Mt. Zion Black Cultural Center!

This event will also include a screening of Episode 1 of the “Black Wall Street Athens” series

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required*

*Tickets will be available in-person in The Athena lobby during normal business hours up to and during the evening of the event

Special Themed Cocktail (available all week):

“Berry Hotel Bramble”

West End CiderHouse Eleven Square Vodka, delicious blackberry syrup, fresh lime juice, a splash of club soda, garnished with mint and fresh berries

About the films

Black Wall Street Athens: Episode 2 is the latest installment in a three-part documentary series from the Mount Zion Black Cultural Center. This episode explores the legacy of the Albany Enterprise Academy—Ohio’s first Black-owned and operated school—and the lives it shaped, including Milton Holland and Olivia Davidson. It continues with the story of Ed and Mattie Berry, Black entrepreneurs and owners of the Hotel Berry in Athens. Together, these narratives reveal a powerful lineage of Black achievement in the region, set against a backdrop of ongoing architectural and historical erasure in the Appalachian Ohio River Valley. Directed by: Kingsley Lims Nyarko.

For more information about the Mt. Zion Black Cultural Center, Berry Day Week, and Black wall Street Athens, visit the Mt. Zion website below:

MtZionAthens.org

Special thanks to the following organizations for sponsoring this event: African American Community Fund, Waymakers Collective, and Athens Sunrise Rotary Club