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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...

>> at the cherokee museum today are slave bills of sale, including one by then principal chief john ross. >> i dont ever talk about it very much because i think its a very shameful part of cherokee history. and so ive purposely avoided involving myself in that whole issue. >> drive a man, he made a life, but a mammy aint his wife. chopping cotton, dont be slow. better finish out your row. >> slavery in the five civilized tribes varied. whats really important to remember is that these people were...

The Black History Month display at the Logan County Public Library this month is entitled “Black Resistance,” which is presented by Rev. Tammra Turner of Bowling Green, Ky., and author,

Five civilized tribes. theyre originally from the south. alabama, georgia, parts of florida, tennessee, mississippi and the south carolina area. where these tribes owned plantations. >> civilized really is a veiled reference to taking on, accepting eurocentric ways. one of those ways was the practice of slavery to boost one self economically. >> at the cherokee museum today are slave bills of sale including one by then principal chief john ross. >> i dont ever talk about it very much because i t...

Cherokee, choctaw, called the five civilized tribes. theyre originally from the south. alabama, georgia, parts of florida, tennessee, mississippi and the south carolina area. where these tribes owned plantations. >> civilized really is a veiled reference to taking on, accepting eurocentric ways. one of those ways was the practice of slavery to boost one self economically. >> at the cherokee museum today are slave bills of sale including one by then principal chief john ross. >> i dont ever talk ...

The chickasaws, the creeks, the cherokee, choctaw, called the five civilized tribes. theyre originally from the south. alabama, georgia, parts of florida, tennessee, mississippi and the south carolina area. where these tribes owned plantations. >> civilized really is a veiled reference to taking on, accepting eurocentric ways. one of those ways was the practice of shavory to boost one self economically. >> at the cherokee museum today are slave bills of sale including one by then principal chief...