story of tulsa s greenwood district, america s black wall street. thank you for coming on the show to share this book with us. you actually moved to tulsa and lived there for three years while putting while writing this book to truly understand the people of greenwood. what did you find? you know, it was so important to me crafting this story to create a narrative that really centered people, not statistics, not trauma, but actual people. it was such an amazing experience meeting the folks of greenwood, in particular the goodwin family. there is one family in greenwood who has remained on black wall street for more than 110 years. they were there before the race massacre. the goodwins survived the massacre itself. ed goodwin was actually a high school senior about to graduate high school go to college, continue with his life, when his entire community was destroyed. his home, his business, the family business, the hospital, so much of that community was
taken from him. it was also important to understand that goodwins and so many others were able to rebuild in greenwood. they were able to recreate this community after 1921 and have a new thriving legacy. one great thing about learning about the goodwin family was, they really served every single role you can in a community from educators to attorneys to activists. this family had been fighting for justice in this community for so long. if you go to greenwood today, you ll see a lot of high rises, baseball stadium, so many things that are not really for the black community, but we still have the eagle right there in the neighborhood, the visions that goodwin family has owned for more than 80 years. it was a blessing and privilege to share their story and the stories of so many of the families in greenwood who have been resilient, not only during the race massacre but for generations afterwards. we came into this segment showing president biden at the 100th anniversary of the
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