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.
black wall street and yes, that existed here. you did have people who were pioneers and big business tycoons. living in sprawling mansions. and even most people, who were domestic workers, or owning small shops, living day-to-day. everyone has an opportunity and their skin color does not limit their capacity here. that is what makes greenwood really special, that you have this safe haven, that oasis that existed here.
you did have people that were pioneers and big business tycoons. living in sprawling mansions. and even most people who were domestic workers or owning small shops, living day to day. everyone has an opportunity and their skin color doesn t limit their capacity here. that s what makes greenwood really special, that you have this safe haven, that oasis that existed here.
main street. mom and pop type operations, small businesses, hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, theaters, nightclubs. you have the offices of african-american lawyers. there were more than 12 physicians and surgeons that had their offices in greenwood. greenwood had about 10,000 people. they re in search for a way to be masters of their own fate. today most of the people connect to greenwood and think black wall street. and yes, that existed here. you did have people that were pioneers and big business tycoons. living in sprawling mansions .
the greenwood district was like main street. mom and pop type operations, small businesses, hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, theaters, nightclubs. you have the offices of african-american lawyers. there were more than 12 physicians and surgeons that had their offices in greenwood. greenwood had about 10,000 people. they re in search for a way to be masters of their own fate. today most of the people connect to greenwood and think black wall street. and yes, that existed here. you did have people that were pioneers and big business tycoons. living in sprawling mansions.