mecca

Whether steering a ship for commercial trade or finding the direction of Mecca for purposes of prayer, an astrolabe harnessed light to manage desires around science and myth.

Founded in 1867 and nicknamed The Mecca, Howard is one of the largest, and most academically rigorous, historically black universities in the country.

It was like, those are the Mecca art hubs.

The incident, according to producers, was pivotal in positioning Atlanta away from its Jim Crow past and into a metropolitan destination for Black wealth — nicknamed the “Black Mecca.”

“I was told to park my car facing Mecca.”