The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was once a thriving Black Wall Street, but was destroyed in a massacre in 1921 due to racial resentment and discrimination, illustrating the legacy of Black independence and the subsequent white backlash.
The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was once a thriving Black Wall Street, but was destroyed in a massacre in 1921 due to racial resentment and discrimination, illustrating the legacy of Black independence and the subsequent white backlash.
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