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By Monique Balcarran Source: OWN Communications / OWN Communications The horrific story of OWN Spotlight: The Legacy of Black Wall Street. The first installment of the two-part special will air on the massacre’s 100th anniversary on Tuesday, June 1, followed by the second episode on Tuesday, June 8 on the network and Discovery+.   According to Deadline, the docuseries will explore the bustling 36-block town of Oklahoma’s Greenwood district up to the deadly attack that left 300 people dead by racists mobs.  It will also connect the stories of past and modern-day pi...

WN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today a new two-part special OWN Spotlight event, “ The Legacy of Black Wall Street” premiering Tuesday, June 1, and Tuesday, June 8 on discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real life subscription streaming service and will then broadcast in primetime the same evening on OWN at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. “The Legacy of Black Wall Street” tracks the rise of Black Wall Street in Oklahoma’s Greenwood District up until the tragic 1921 Tulsa race massacre that destroyed the 36-block booming business epicenter. The commemorative documentary special shifts the...

Ashleigh Di Tonto, Senior Vice President of Development for Trailblazer Studios, and executive producer added: “It is an honor getting to spend time with these truly remarkable pioneers and their direct descendants.'

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Trailblazer Studios have teamed up for the OWN Spotlight event The Legacy of Black Wall Street. The two-part special will premiere on non-fiction streamer Discovery+ June 1 and June 8, in addition to broadcasting on OWN at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The Legacy of Black Wall Street tracks the rise of Black Wall Street in Oklahoma’s Greenwood District up until the tragic 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed the 36-block booming business epicenter. The special tells the story through the lives of five individuals who were there in the early 1900s: Loula Williams, Augusta ...

OWN two-part special to honor pioneers of Black Wall Street Exclusive: The special is set to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Per a recent announcement, OWN is set to air a two-part special honoring the pioneers of Black Wall Street, shedding light on an area of Black history often neglected in mainstream media. The Oprah Winfrey Network has announced a new two-part series set to debut in June. Honoring the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, The Legacy of Black Wall Street, “tracks the rise of Black Wall Street in Oklahoma’s Greenwood D...