While the community has not reached the same level of success it once had, the impact of its history is still felt generations later.
A once thriving, successful community was completely destroyed in 2 days. The racial tension reached its height after a white woman made allegations against a black man, resulting in mobs of angry white residents descending on the historic Greenwood district, looting homes, burning down businesses and taking the lives of blacks on the spot. Built ‘For Black People, By Black People’, this historic district attracted the attention of local white residents who resented the upward mobility and lifestyle of a people they deemed to be an inferior race.
This community, affectionately known as Black Wall Street, made history as one of the most prosperous and affluent African-American communities in the United States. During the early 20th century, African Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma flourished in a self-contained and self-reliant hub, owning grocery stores, banks, restaurants, libraries and movie theaters.
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