The History of the Greenwood District: Rebounding & Rebuilding
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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.