In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. People call it The Black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or [bleep] land. Tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. Between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre. They were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies by dumping them in mass graves around the city. We have tulsans of an undetermined number who were murdered. It should not have taken 99 years. Anybody who thinks that this crime scene is not going to speak doesnt have the ears to hear. The ancestors are awake and the earth is shaking. I came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade. So thats been, whew, i dont know how many years. My mother is from oklahoma. There was a Strong Black Community in
black entrepreneurship. people call it the black wall street. like putting harlem, bourbon street, and chocolate city all in one place. but white paulsons talked about it as little africa or land. tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. today we call it a massacre. they were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city. we of tulsa of an undetermined number, it should have not taken any nine years. anyone who thinks this crime scene is not going to speak does not have the ears to hear. the earth is shaking. i came to tulsa when i was in the sixth grade, so that has been well, i don t know how many years. my mother is from oklahoma. and there was a strong black community in tulsa called greenwood. these people were the core of black entrepreneurship. and they would help you get your business started. 1920 greenwood was booming.
(vo) get internet that keeps your business ready for anything. from verizon. monday, may 3rd, 1921. happens to be memorial day. may 30th could have happened at any point in time because tulsa was already a powder keg. we do know that there are definitely kkk members that are part of the police force, probably marching down the streets on memorial day.
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monday, may 3rd, 1921. happens to be memorial day. may 30th could have happened at any point in time, because tulsa was already a powder keg. we do know that there are definitely kkk members who are part of the police force. marching on the state on memorial day day. some people call it a massacre. i ve been calling it a war. there is systemic causes for what happened here in 1921. but you fixate on this trigger incident that involved a black boy and a white girl on an elevator. the boy was born in dick wellen. he s at work on memorial day