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Tulsa's 'Black Wall Street' Flourished as a Self-Contained Hub in Early 1900s

May 30, 2024

Before the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, Greenwood Avenue featured luxury shops, restaurants, movie theaters, a library, pool halls and nightclubs.

Source: history.com

May 31, 2021

The 1921 attack by a White mob on an all-Black neighbourhood in Oklahoma was one of the worst episodes of racial violence in US history.

Source: stuff.co.nz