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.
tulsa star, his paper included editorials and articles talking about social justice. anything about stratford, you think about what elegance and grace looks like. by the beginning of 1916, i owned 15 rental houses, an apartment building, the rental value is $350 per month. the income from other sources was tripled, i had a splendid bank account and i was living on the sunny side of the street. i decided to realize my father s code, that was to have the largest hotel in the country, exclusively for my people. jb stratford built the stratford hotel. the before rooms and a crystal chandelier. it was acknowledged as one of the most premier hotels in the united states of america. it was the crown jewel of greenwood. they were really active in