Old black and white pictures inside the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, gives a small glimpse into Tulsa's historical Black Wall Street. "Black Wall Street was a thriving Black-owned ...
“Beautiful, bustling, and Black”—that was how author, attorney, and activist Hannibal B. Johnson described Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District in his book “Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance ...
Black Wall Street was a wealthy and prosperous Black business district in Tulsa, Okla., in the early 1900s. A White mob carried out the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, burning over 1,400 homes and ...
When people hear the term “Black Wall Street,” most immediately think of Tulsa, Oklahoma — the site of one of the most infamous episodes of racial violence in American history. But Tulsa was not alone ...
But are tech skills and new business enough to restore what was lost in 1921? A century ago, the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, buzzed with Black entrepreneurship, creating a thriving Black ...
Spirit of Black entrepreneurship "strong" a century after the Tulsa massacre. A community of Black entrepreneurs are shaking up the tech and innovation ecosystem and forming a new hub for digital ...
The rally will continue celebrating the legacy and resilience of Black Wall Street The 4th Annual Black Wall Street Rally will return to Tulsa to celebrate the community’s legacy in Black ...
There used to be a neighborhood in Tulsa where Black people were wealthy. They owned businesses, built a giant church, a public library. Some Black Tulsans even owned airplanes. Booker T Washington ...
A long-neglected corridor once known as Mobile’s “Black Wall Street” and the epicenter of business activity for Black residents during segregation is finally getting a multimillion-dollar makeover. Dr ...
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TULSA, Okla. — The 2025 Black Wall Street Rally in Tulsa's historic Greenwood District is happening this weekend. The Black Wall Street Rally is a motorcycle-inspired community event in the heart of ...