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.
again, more jim crow laws, more prejudice and more restrictions on their freedom that they fought for. after world war i, there are a number of incidences of black soldiers in uniform being lynched by white mobs. it s pretty stunning and remarkable. the idea is, we re going to show you what your place is. we don t care whether you ve fought for the country. when you re here, you play by our rules. the tulsa tribune published a series of inflammatory articles that really fomented hostility in the white community against the black community. tulsa was a powder keg or a tinderbox needing only something
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id ideas. how do you survive if you re a black person in america during this era? and part of the answer came through african-american veterans of world war i. they fought in combat units in france where they were treated with respect and with honor and they came back to the united states and they found none. we have black veterans in greenwood, they fought for their country, they fought for their freedom. so when they come home they expect to be respected. what they come home to is again more jim crow laws, more prejudice and more restrictions on their freedom that they fought for. after world war i there are a number of incidences of black soldiers in uniform being lynched by white mobs. it s pretty stunning and