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
barbershop. and it was in the 1100 block of north greenwood. that was in 1963. they talk about greenwood and all you can see now is one block, but it was businesses all the way down from lansing back to martin luther king drive today. 1921. greenwood was much larger than just that one block that you guys see today. greenwood was much larger to the south, to the east, to the west and to the north. but all that we have left is just a sliver of its former self.
they give me the latest scoop, find out what s going on. what s up on greenwood now? yeah, this barber shop is a legacy of my family. my father got his hair cut here. my son got his first hair cut right here. how long has this barber shop been on greenwood? the first barber shop that i worked for was called men s barber shop. it was in the 1100 block of north greenwood. that was in 1963. they talk about greenwood. all you can see now is one block. but it was businesses all the way down from lansing back to martin luther king drive today. 1921. greenwood was much larger than just that one block that you see today.
my son got his first hair cut here. how long has this barber shop been on greenwood? the first barber shop that i worked for was called men s barber shop. it was in the 1100 block of north greenwood. that was in 1963. they talk about greenwood. all you can see now is one block. but it was businesses all the way down from lansing back to martin luther king drive today. 1921. greenwood was much larger than just that one block that you see today. greenwood is much larger to the south, to the east, to the west, and to the north. but all that we have left is just a sliver of its former
yeah, this barber shop is a legacy of my family. my father got his hair cut here. my son got his first hair cut here. how long has this barber shop been on greenwood? the first barber shop that i worked for was called men s barber shop. it was in the 1100 block of north greenwood. that was in 1963. they talk about greenwood. all you can see now is one block. but it was businesses all the way down from lansing back to martin luther king drive today. 1921. greenwood was much larger than just that one block that you see today. greenwood is much larger to the south, to the east, to the west, and to the north.