BLACK WALL STREET #1713
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BLACK WALL STREET
The "Black (Negro) Wall Street" was the
name given to Greenwood Avenue of
North Tulsa, Oklahoma during the early
1900’s. Because of strict segregation,
Blacks were only allowed to shop, spend,
and live in a 35 square block area called
the Greenwood District. The "circulation
of Black dollars" only in the Black comm-
unity produced a tremendously prosperous
Black business district that was admired and
envied by the whole country.
In 1921, the Greenwood Avenue district of Tulsa, Oklahoma was an exemplar accomplish. Dubbed, "The Negro Wall Street," Greenwood Avenue was was accused of attempting to rape a white woman in a Tulsa elevator. forming. Several young black men formed a defense party. At the court- say bullets) were let loose. A pitched gun battle began right there on the concentrated on looting and burning Greenwood Avenue. The mayor In the aftermath, dozens of people, black and white, were dead. The exact burned to the ground.
Fortunately, many residents refused to be scared deal, however, haunt many African American residents of Tulsa to this day.
