This video was published on YouTube on February 4, 2015.
Greenwood,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, (aka "Black Wall Street"), home to many prominent
black businessmen and location of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot of Whites
against Blacks, "one of the most devastating massacres in the history of
US race relations"
Greenwood is a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As one of the most successful and wealthiest African American communities in the United States during the early 20th Century, it was popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street" until the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The invasion was one of the most devastating massacres in the history of US race relations, destroying the once thriving Greenwood community.
Greenwood is a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As one of the most successful and wealthiest African American communities in the United States during the early 20th Century, it was popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street" until the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The invasion was one of the most devastating massacres in the history of US race relations, destroying the once thriving Greenwood community.
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