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Transcripts for CNN Dreamland The Burning of Black Wall Street 20240604 01:41:00

Wall street existed was because of necessity. these people were not able to participate in the regular economy in the dominant culture, because of segregation. the vast majority of people who lived in greenwood were not wealthy. they had regular jobs in the white community. they had regular paycheck in the white community. you have a lot of well-to-do white tulsans, hiring servants, cooks, domestic workers. they would collect their paycheck at the end of the week and they would spend it back in greenwood. you know, in tulsa, like in other southern cities, african americans cannot go into a

Transcripts for CNN Dreamland The Burning of Black Wall Street 20240604 01:04:00

But tulsa has a truth problem. hiding the truth, and people who will not challenge what is perceived to be true. what is keeping tulsa from being the great shining city on the hill is dealing with the legacy of the so-called tulsa race riot of 1921. white tulsans murdered black folks and were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city, many were trying to get rid of the body, in the late 1990s, center maxine horn and my father,

Transcripts for CNN Dreamland The Burning of Black Wall Street 20240604 01:40:00

There was so much money in tulsa , but here is the reality. money plays a complicated role in greenwood, between the races. affluence, wealth, prosperity, it created this tie in between black tulsans , white tulsans, it is all about perspective. white tulsans talked about greenwood as little africa or negroland. all of these were to be found, booze, dope, and guns. white tulsans could control what justice looks like. they could control the narrative. they could control whatever they want. the only reason that black

Three survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre receive $1 million donation

Three survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre receive $1 million donation