#greenwooddistrict

[blackpinups]

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Repost: @thectrshow This is rare video footage of the Greenwood African-American community in Tulsa filmed during the 1920's. The abundance of Black-owned businesses and prosperous families that defined the district earned it the nickname #BlackWallStreet. But on this day, 100 years ago, angry White mobs burned over 30 city blocks to the ground, killing 300 and leaving thousands homeless. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Generations of Black wealth were erased and sadly, not a single person has ever been held accountable.@hbcualum • • • #thectrshow #tulsa #oklahoma #blackwallstreet #tulsaracemassacre #blacklivesmatter #neverforget #rip #memorialday #memories #thisisamerikkka #stopkillingblackkids #whiteprivilege #whitesupremacy #whitegenocide #kkk #racist #bigot #TulsaMassacre #GreenwoodDistrict #TulsaRaceMassacre https://www.instagram.com/p/CPjpvDOgy0k/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ga1n3s]

#greenwooddistrict #911 #allbuildingsmatter #tulsaoklahoma #blackwallstreet #domesticterrorism (at Phoenix, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTvzW9BrTGr/?utm_medium=tumblr

[crustygasguy]

A mural with a message in the Greenwood area of Tulsa #mural #muralwithamessage #art #GreenwoodDistrict #Tulsa #Oklahoma #BlackWalkStreet (at Black Wall Street Tulsa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgZ2rFPOsdm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[freshnewsnow]

Fire in Little Africa [TULSA, OK]

Fire in Little Africa [TULSA, OK]

What took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma Greenwood District in the early 1920s represents white jealousy of black excellence. While many were still gaining their footing prior to the Great Depression, black people established their own thriving community in the Southwest. It was said that every dollar spent would pass through 18 different black hands before it left the Greenwood District.  Movie…

[okieranchero]

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools," Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. . . . #tulsa #greenwooddistrict #northtulsa #mlk #mlkday #martinlutherkingjr #blackwallstreet #mural #art #endracism #love #peace #acceptance #speech #ihaveadream #painting #oklahoma (at North Tulsa Okla) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMVfDJFNFZ/?igshid=1jv2wjvhwy9et

[uvmagazine]

Lessie Benningfield Randle, a 105-year old Black woman from Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of two known survivors of the Tulsa massacre that is still alive, has filed a lawsuit demanding reparations. She alleges that the act of racial violence is still haunting the community after almost 100 years. Randle leads the lawsuit claiming she still experiences evocative flashbacks of the burning streets filled with staked up bodies, according to her attorneys. As a child, Randle witnessed the race massacre that occurred on May 31 and June 1, 1921. Around 300 Black people were killed by a white mob, allegedly backed by local authorities and police. Hundreds of homes and businesses were looted, and Tulsa's thriving Greenwood district was torched. The lawsuit accuses the city of Tulsa, Tulsa County, the then serving sheriff of Tulsa County, the Oklahoma national guard, and Tulsa regional chamber of being directly involved in the massacre and having “unjustly enriched themselves at the expense of the black citizens of Tulsa and the survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.” The plaintiffs also argue the effects of the massacre are still felt in the Greenwood district today. They say unemployment among Black Tulsans is more than double that of white people in the city and that the median household income for Black residents is $20,000 less than their white counterparts. For decades, the survivors of the massacre fought for justice. In a 2001 report, evidence found that the city indeed conspired with white citizens against Black residents. Direct payments to survivors and descendants were then suggested but no payments were ever made and they were only given a medal by the city. While no specific damage amount was sought in the court filing, the suit estimates just the property damage suffered by residents of the Greenwood district is between $50 million and $100 million in today's currency. • #Tulsa #TulsaMassacre #BlackWallStreet #reparations #unheardvoicesmag #LessieBenningfieldRandle #GreenwoodDistrict https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLfZfaFLz6/?igshid=1qyf9c6s7qnt3

[atheawakeningfrequency]

Black Wall Street is deeply rooted in our DNA. America has tried to bury this story until the Watchmen recently put it on blast. Now playing on today's episode of Black History Monday - The Black Wall Street Story https://youtu.be/oY43DExoOJY #blackwallstreet #tulsa #oklahoma #greenwooddistrict #tulsaraceriot #tulsa1921 #blackhistorymonday #blackhistoryfact https://www.instagram.com/p/B52Ezw_A379/?igshid=wxczhcs0m0z1

[therealj-hill]

Tulsa trip 2019 black wall street memorial, remembering the businesses from through the years. It’s lookin nice down there ✊🏽🖤 #Tulsa #hometown #blackwallstreet #greenwooddistrict (at Greenwood District) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3W4O3tFZY_/?igshid=1pr9aflvy3lid

[brandonimhotep]

Buck Colbert "B.C." Franklin is known as the lawyer who won the court victory for black residents after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Franklin was born in 1879 and was named after his grandfather, who had been an enslaved African of a Chickasaw family in Oklahoma. After completing his studies, he opened up his law practice in the predominately white town of Ardmore, Oklahoma. However, the racial tension at the time was so strong, he decided to relocate to Tulsa and focus his practice on helping people in the black communities. The Greenwood District of Tulsa was one of the wealthiest enclaves of blacks in the nation, and was known as "Black Wall Street." After the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that destroyed the district, he led the legal fight against the City Council of Tulsa, who had passed an ordinance keeping Tulsa’s blacks from rebuilding the neighborhoods that had been affected. Franklin filed suit against the city of Tulsa before the Oklahoma Supreme Court. His efforts were successful, and due to his actions. black residents were able to begin rebuilding their community. **Note: The "Remembering Black Wall Street" signage, at the corner of Greenwood & Archer, is a list of Greenwood businesses from 1935, 14-yrs after the Massacre and the rebuilt district. Franklin penned his experience in an autobiography. However, he died in 1960 before the book was published. John Hope Franklin, one of his four children, went on to become a prominent historian and civil rights advocate. John Hope Franklin and his son would later finish Buck Franklin’s autobiography, “My Life and An Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin." #greenwood #blackwallstreet #greenwooddistrict #bcfranklin #blackhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/B15TSLvAAcq/?igshid=11gqu2yxdh0kb

[ladylilabrown]

I had the pleasure of meeting another SiStar born in Missouri who has also made Los Angeles her home during my visit to #BlackWallStreet on #Tulsa ‘s #GreenwoodDistrict ✊🏾 The Honorable Congresswoman MAXINE MOORE WATERS @repmaxinewaters is also currently the chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee. #Reparations #Diplomat #CongressionalBlackCaucus #publicrelations #media #MaxineWaters #auntie #auntielife #ambassador #American 🦅 #GetInvolved (at Tulsa, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPxf1MGs_RH4NLaoNiS4QCYo-07fcH7ACobkXE0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chexawe]

Reposted from @keziamw - (Full Vid In Bio) We are honored to announce @theblackupstart won a #MAJOR grant to open a popup school in #BlackWallStreet Tulsa, Oklahoma - the most well known Black Wall Street in the nation. . . . Black entrepreneurs who apply & enroll will have their tuition fully paid for! The inaugural cohort will be taught by Black faculty in the month of July 2019. They will learn how to start a business, manufacture their product, finalize their business plan and EVERY SINGLE BLACK ENTREPRENEUR WILL GRADUATE with access to funding for their business. Because we know how hard it is to get funding as a Black business owner. All expenses sponsored by George Kaiser Family Foundation and Tulsa Economic Development Corporation. . . . And all of this will happen in #Tulsa's #GreenwoodDistrict where White vigilantes burned down a thriving Black entrepreneurial community of thousands of Tulsan residents & 600 Black entrepreneurs. . . . Will you make history with us? We hope so. First preference for admission will be given to Tulsa residents. . . . Then in Sept, Oct, Nov & Dec we are popping up in DC, Philly, Brooklyn & Charlotte. . . Thanks to @brandonbrandonkeith & @dampclay for opening doors. You're an angel to so many entrepreneurs who will benefit. Video by @sunchasemedia https://www.instagram.com/p/ByT5TWqn0gSFeelXNVU-UCqQs0VzvdKt_v8nkA0/?igshid=en9i5hewvzv

[ramesudevelopments-blog]

Reposted from @keziamw - (Full Link In Bio) We are honored to announce @theblackupstart won a #MAJOR grant to open a popup school in #BlackWallStreet Tulsa, Oklahoma - the most well known Black Wall Street in the nation. . . . Black entrepreneurs who apply & enroll will have their tuition fully paid for! The inaugural cohort will be taught by Black faculty in the month of July 2019. They will learn how to start a business, manufacture their product, finalize their business plan and EVERY SINGLE BLACK ENTREPRENEUR WILL GRADUATE with access to funding for their business. Because we know how hard it is to get funding as a Black business owner. All expenses sponsored by George Kaiser Family Foundation and Tulsa Economic Development Corporation. . . . And all of this will happen in #Tulsa's #GreenwoodDistrict where White vigilantes burned down a thriving Black entrepreneurial community of thousands of Tulsan residents & 600 Black entrepreneurs. . . . Will you make history with us? We hope so. First preference for admission will be given to Tulsa residents. . . . Then in Sept, Oct, Nov & Dec we are popping up in DC, Philly, Brooklyn & Charlotte. . . Thanks to @brandonbrandonkeith & @dampclay for opening doors. You're an angel to so many entrepreneurs who will benefit. Video by @sunchasemedia - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTeDn0nKtr/?igshid=bm5lru81892y

[honeylovesthoughts]

Moments captured by @xaviermartin405 @blackertheberry405 . . . FOLLOW, LIKE & SUBSCRIBE ON ALL PLATFORMS . . HoneyLovesThoughts.com HoneyLovesThoughts.com HoneyLovesThoughts.com HoneyLovesThoughts.com HoneyLovesThoughts.com . . . #HLT #honeylovesthoughts #tulsa #producer #journalism #greenwooddistrict #NEWblackwallstreet #tulsa #greenwood #oklahoma #vlog #blog #oklahoma #entrepreneurs #entrepreneur #podcastersofinstagram #like #follow #honey #love #art #music #blackwallstreet #blog #vlog #podcast #explorepage #tulsainterviews (at Black Wall Street Tulsa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM40nwBl3GD/?igshid=146glefpf1axz

[trascapades]

⚖️#ArtIsAWeapon 101 years ago today (May 31, 1921) #TulsaMassacre #NeverForget

Artist @ajamu

Black Blood, No.14: In the spirit of O.W. and Emma Gurley

2021

Mischtechnik on linen canvas.

"'Black Wall Street: A Case for Reparations' is @ajamu's ongoing series of large-scale paintings that capture the imagined lives of Black professionals in the #GreenwoodDistrict before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The portraits present a spiritually uplifting dedication to the people who called Greenwood their home over a century ago." www.ajamukojo.com

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Reposted from @nmaahc #OnThisDay in 1921, the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history began in the thriving Greenwood African American community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was one in a series of actions of racist violence that convulsed the United States in towns and cities beginning with the period of Reconstruction in the late 19th century.

In Tulsa--as in all of these massacres--white mobs destroyed Black communities, property, and lives. More than century after the riot, the people of Tulsa and the nation continue to struggle to reckon with the massacre’s multiple legacies.

Our collection materials help fill the silences in our nation’s memory around events such as the Tulsa Race Massacre and its reverberations, preserving and sharing wider stories of Black communities in Oklahoma, and centering the testimonies of survivors and their descendants.

Swipe to see two of these objects -- pennies charred during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and view & learn more at the link in our bio. #APeoplesJourney #ANationsStory

📸 Images 2 & 3 - Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cassandra P. Johnson Smith

Image 4 - Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Scott Ellsworth

#Tulsa #Reparations #AmericanHistory #DomesticTerrorists #WhiteSupremacy #KKK #BlackWallStreet #TulsaRaceRiots #WatchmenHBO #LovecraftCountry #TulsaRaceMassacre #BlackArtists

[alaturkanews]

Survivors and their descendants refuse to let Tulsa massacre be forgotten | Nightline

Survivors and their descendants refuse to let Tulsa massacre be forgotten | Nightline

White and Black families in the city have whispered about the massacre for decades. Some have grown up unaware it happened at all. The city is still searching for bodies while debating reparations. WATCH NIGHTLINE EPISODES: https://abc.go.com/shows/nightline ALSO AVAILABLE ON HULU: https://hulu.tv/2wSmSrZ #Nightline #Oklahoma #Tulsa #RaceMassacre #RaceRiot #GreenwoodDistrict #Reparations #BLM

[duranduratulsa]

Tulsa past and present: Greenwood District #oklahoma #tulsa #greenwood #greenwooddistrict #blackwallstreet