we ve already experienced dislocation, urban removal, all of those things. those people who lived in greenwood saw its demise twice . i grew up at 1415 north greenwood. we owned a house on greenwood. when i grew up, i had a church in front of me, right literally behind me was the school that i went to. to my right was the black hospital that i was born in. that was moton hospital. and then we had jack s memory chapel right there. so the whole cycle of life was right within a block and a half of me where i live. that s the community i grew up in. as happened in every city across this nation in the 60s, 70s, there was something called urban, what they call renewal,
of those things. those people who lived in greenwood saw its demise twice. i grew up on 14, 15th north greenwood. we owned a house. when i grew up i had a church in front of me. right literally behind me was a school i went to. to the right was the black hospital i was born in. and then we had jackson memory chapel right there, so the whole cycle of life was right within a block and a half of me where i live. that s the community i grew up in. as happened in every city across this nation in the 60s, 70s there was something called urban what they called renewal what i call urban removal.
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greenwood was destroyed in in 1921 and that s the end of the story, but there s a hundred years after that that we need to talk about. it s a tale of two cities. north tulsa is a predominantly african-american community. and south tulsa, you have predominantly white community. this city of tulsa is the most segregated city geographically, economically, socially, and all of the above. growing up in north tulsa, the further i went south of where i lived, i started to notice buildings looked different. institutions looked different. wow. there s a whole nother world i wasn t even aware of. we ve already experienced dislocation, urban removal, all of those things.