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
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 fates. 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. and even most people who are domestic workers or owning small shops living day to day, everyone has an opportunity and their skin color doesn t limit their capacity here.