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The Devastation of Black Wall Street Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism. Smoke billowing over Tulsa, Oklahoma during 1921 race riots Library of Congress By: Kimberly Fain July 5, 2017 In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District,Continue Reading

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Burning of Greenwood, Oklahoma – The Black Wall Street by Samuel Black After the civil war many African-Americans settled in Oklahoma because of employment opportunities from the oil fields. Around 1908 the community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was established. The Daily Tulsa Star was an African-American owned newspaper. BusinessesContinue Reading