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.
the idea was to remove the black folks from the land, move them farther north, and use the land for what were considered to be higher and better purposes. tulsa appears now to be in danger of losing its prestige as the whitest town in oklahoma. does tulsa wish a double invasion of criminal negro preachers, negro shysters, crapshooters, gamblers, bootlegs, prostitutes, and smart alecks in general? we took oklahoma history in the ninth grade, and in our textbook, there was probably a page or page and a half about the race massacre. we did not cover that in class. i read it because i was really interested in history, and it was a real revelation.
whitest town in oklahoma. crapshooters, gamblers, bootlegs, prostitutes and smart-alecks in general? we took oklahoma history in the ninth grade. in our textbook, there s probably a page or a page and a half about the race massacre. we did not cover that in class. i read it because i was interested in history. and it was a real revelation. it brought home just how pervasive racism was in the united states and in the social system. historians often refer to the early part of the 20th century as the low point in race relations.