black entrepreneurship. people call it the black wall street. greenwood was like putting harlem, bourbon street, and chocolate city all in one place. but white tulsans talked about greenwood as little africa or niggerland. tulsa was a powder keg. needing only something to set the community alight. between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. today we call it a massacre.
massacres in history. now this documentary takes a look at a revealing look at what happened on that tragic day. the tulsa tribune published a series of inflammatory articles. that really fomented against the black community. tulsa was a tinderbox, needing only something to set the community alight. be sure to tune in. it premiere on monday. you won t find paved roads or resorts on the georgia s coast largest barrier island,
this is a preview. the tulsa tribune published a series of inflammatory article s that really fomented hostility in the white community against the black community. tulsa was a powder keg or a tinderbox needing only something to set the community alight. joining us now is the director of dreamland: the burning of black wall street, selema karoma with us. i cannot wait to see this. you know, this is something that s gained a lot of attention here somewhat recently. i wonder what drew you to the story of greenwood and the tulsa massacre. what draws me to greenwood and the story, you know, the story is about the massacre,
evergreenwood, a corner of north tulsa, known as black wall street where black business flourished. now the new film dreamland, looks at what really happened on the tragic day a century ago, the damage inflicted and what s being done to restore greenwood to former glory. the tulsa tribune published a series of inflammatory articles that really fomented hostility in the white community against the black community. tulsa was a powder keg or a tiner box, needing only something to set the community alight. historian hannibal johnson joins us. the author of black wall street, from riot to renaissance nb
that really fomented hostility in the white community against the black community. tulsa was a powder keg or tinder box, needing only something to set the community alight. with us now we have oklahoma state representative regina good win representing tulsa also a descendant some of the victims of the massacre. ref of good win, great to have you here. systems 300 people may have died. no one knows the exact number. and no one was ever held accountableable. now all these years later, what would justice look like? so all these years later, as a hundred years ago when my great grandmother colleen marie filed a reparations lawsuit and rejected outright it would look the same. it would look like people compensate the for what was taken. and right now we ve got at 106.