ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando has a Central Avenue that intersects with what was once called Division Avenue. It has been described by some as a dividing lane between cultures and also a nod to a painful period in U.S. history.

More than a century after Division "Avenue," as it's now called, it remains, and so does the community that was born from division: Parramore.

It was originally named after Orlando’s 14th mayor, who was a white former Confederate captain named James Parramore. The name remains to this day.

In the early 1920s, Parramore was a Black community. What is the Wells’ Built Museum these days, was the Wells' Built Hotel, where entertainers like B.B. King, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles — just to name a few — stayed during segregation. It is located at 511 West South Street in Orlando. Next door was the South Street Casino.

At the Orange County Regional History Center , the exhibit, "How Distant Seems our Starting Place," displays photos and maps that tells the history of Parramore, which was also a vibrant, thriving area for Black teachers, bankers, lawyers, doctors, and other professionals to live, work and raise their families.