The History of the Greenwood District: Rebounding & Rebuilding
and last updated 2021-02-03 11:50:13-05
TULSA, Okla. â "It was a network from those townships that brought people to Tulsa."
Terry Baccus, a Tulsa native and Greenwood District tour guide, says the Greenwood District can trace its roots back to 50 all-black towns scattered across the Sooner state and of course oil, the growing force for Oklahoma.
"I believe those are the two factors of Greenwood being what it was," Baccus said.
Baccus himself is a product of a father from Vernon and a mother from Tallahassee, two all-black towns in Oklahoma. He said the lure of a good life in Tulsa is the reason for the growth of the Greenwood District.