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A rumor, then a gunshot: How 'Black Wall Street' was decimated in the Tulsa Race Massacre yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2:46 pm UTC May. 26, 2021 Editor s note: The following may include first-person accounts of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre contain graphic depictions and antiquated racial terminology. We have chosen not to edit these survivor accounts to leave their stories unencumbered by interpretation or exclusion. TULSA After 100 years, the stories of brutality and destruction are almost unfathomable. A white mob s attack on Greenwood, home to about 10,000 people, left the community in ruins, reduced to a pile of smoldering bricks and debris. May 31-June 1, 1921, was a nightmare for Black Tulsans whose success and insistence on being treated fairly ended with a rumor triggering one of the worst race massacres in 20th-century America. ....
News 100 years ago, this area was known as Black Wall Street. Then it came to a heartbreaking end May 16, 2021 12:33 PM CNN FILE - In this Monday, June 15, 2020, file photo, a sign marks the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street, the former home of Black Wall Street, in Tulsa, Okla. Black community leaders in Tulsa said they fear a large rally by President Donald Trump in the city this weekend could spark violence, and the state s governor asked Trump not to visit the site of a race massacre where up to 300 black residents were killed by white mobs in 1921. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) ....
Oklahoman Recognize and support the true Greenwood Last month, on April 15, the key historic buildings on the 100 block of Greenwood Avenue in the downtown Greenwood District was unanimously voted to be added to the National Registry of Historic Buildings. These buildings, the ones always used in the photographs to represent Greenwood, are owned and maintained by the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Inc., founded in 1926. Here at the Chamber, we proudly showcase our history to all who visit, but when others use our name, capitalizing on that history and tragedy for fundraising and recognition purposes, they damage the Greenwood legacy. They also disrupt our process that began in 1922, to rebuild, restore and renew the spirit of Black Wall Street in Greenwood, Tulsa. We want everyone to recognize and support the true Greenwood when donating their time and money to the cause of uplifting the African American community. ....
The History of the Greenwood District: Rebounding & Rebuilding and last updated 2021-02-03 11:50:13-05 TULSA, Okla. â It was a network from those townships that brought people to Tulsa. Terry Baccus, a Tulsa native and Greenwood District tour guide, says the Greenwood District can trace its roots back to 50 all-black towns scattered across the Sooner state and of course oil, the growing force for Oklahoma. I believe those are the two factors of Greenwood being what it was, Baccus said. Baccus himself is a product of a father from Vernon and a mother from Tallahassee, two all-black towns in Oklahoma. He said the lure of a good life in Tulsa is the reason for the growth of the Greenwood District. ....