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.
custody was moved to the fairgrounds east of greenwood. they set up cots in the kitchen. they dug latrines. those who stayed there were expected to work. the women would prepare the meals. the men were sent out to work cleaning up greenwood. folks in these internment camps had to have a green card. i don t know how they got these little cards printed so fast, but everybody had a little i.d. card. schoolchildren and all, told what you did, and you had to have that little i d wherever you went. and to get out of these internment centers, they needed to be countersigned by a white person. essentially, a white person would vouch for them and get them out of these internment centers.
meals. the men were sent out to work cleaning up greenwood. the internment camps had to have a green card. i don t know how they got these little cards printed so fast, but everybody had a little i.d. card, school children and all, told what you did. and you had to have that little i.d. wherever you went. and to get out of the internment centers they would to be countersigned by a white person. essentially the white person would vouch for them to get them out of these internment centers. the theory by the authorities was this was done to protect people from physical harm in the context of this chaotic situation. there wasn t a lot of justification that was needed because who has power and who doesn t? the people who had homes to go to went to those homes.