Watch the full video “Greenwood Rising: Buried History” here: ___________ Learn more about our panelists: Greenwood Rising : https://www.greenwoodrising.org/ ___________ Mark Oppenheim leads a discussion on Greenwood Rising’s work to explore the buried history of Black Wall Street, with the organization’s very own: Executive Director Dr. Raymond Doswell; Board Member Brenda Alford; & Curator and […]
Ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Trymaine Lee travels to the neighborhood once known as Black Wall Street, where residents say the effects of the devastating violence endured for generations, and Black Tulsans are left asking, “What does justice look like after 100 years?” » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » […]
White mobs destroyed “Black Wall Street” in 1921. But where are the victims’ bodies? Help our reporting on hidden histories. Submit a story idea here: http://bit.ly/2RhjxMy 100 years ago, a white mob destroyed an American neighborhood called “Black Wall Street,” murdering an estimated 300 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That incident — known as the 1921 […]
Tulsa, Oklahoma was a bright spot of hope in the middle of segregation. Through hard work, the Black community of Tulsa had created an area that prospered in a time when it was hard enough to just survive. It was so well known for its wealth, it was nicknamed Black Wall Street. And in just […]
What happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921? A mob of 10,000 whites descended on Greenwood, the richest black neighborhood in America, after a black teenager on his way to a blacks-only bathroom stepped on the foot of a white elevator operator. The same flimsy pretext was used for a town’s destruction, including the Florida Rosewood […]