Did you know that Martinsville’s Fayette Street was once a vibrant hub of Black-owned businesses, innovation, and community resilience? Known as the “Black Wall Street of the Southside,” this historic corridor thrived even in the face of adversity.

"It’s one thing to know what you did. It’s another for your hometown to honor what you did."

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The goal of FAHI volunteers, working with staff members from the VFH, is to collect, preserve and interpret the Fayette Street experience through recorded oral history, public forums and workshops, lectures and other special programs.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. – A 52-year-old Martinsville woman died after being hit by a car while trying to cross a street on Wednesday evening. Police said that Donna Day Spencer was trying in the 300 block of Fayette Street when she tried to cross the road at about 6:25 p.m., but was hit by a 2014 Toyota Prius. She was taken to Sovah Health in Martinsville and then to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where she died. The case remains under investigation by the Martinsville Police Department. Anyone with additional information about this accident is asked to contact Lt. S. E. Hines at 276-638-8751.