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July 7, 2024
In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of 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 [bleep] land. 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...
July 7, 2024
black entrepreneurship. people call it the black wall street. >> like putting harlem, bourbon street, and chocolate city all in one place. >> but white paulsons talked about it as little africa or land. >> 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. they were hastily trying to get rid of the bodies. by dumping them in mass graves around the city. >> we of tulsa of a...
June 1, 2024
I-244 expressway, built in the 60s, ensured that Black Wall Street would never return to its glory days.
November 17, 2023
“Our project will help OU Daily become an even more prominent local news organization in the city and better tell the stories of both OU and the city of Norman,”
August 28, 2023
The seven-year-old from Tulsa made history when she won the coveted national title.
July 18, 2023
Decades after a chilling racist massacre, Tulsa’s Greenwood district was bulldozed for I-244 – a new plan aims to reverse its punishing effects
June 12, 2023
One family, the Goodwins, was forever changed by the attacks in Oklahoma more than a century ago and worked to ensure Tulsa acknowledged the truth about what happened.
June 10, 2023
One family, the Goodwins, was forever changed by the attacks in Oklahoma more than a century ago and worked to ensure Tulsa acknowledged the truth about what happened.
June 10, 2023
One family, the Goodwins, was forever changed by the attacks in Oklahoma more than a century ago and worked to ensure Tulsa acknowledged the truth about what happened.
June 1, 2023
Journalist Victor Luckersons debut book, "Built from the Fire," mines Tulsas Black Wall Street and the 1921 race massacre.