The Black Wall Street Times is a news publication located in Tulsa, Okla. and Atlanta, Ga. At The BWSTimes, we focus on elevating the stories of our beloved Greenwood community, elevating the stories of the Black American experience and speaking truth to power. SignUp for our free newsletter...
The Black Wall Street Times is a national news publication reporting from Black perspectives and is HQ in Tulsa's Greenwood District.
The body of an unidentified Black victim of the Tulsa race massacre lies in the street as a white man stands over him, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1, 1921. Greenwood Cultural Center | Archive Photos | Getty Images In the week following the massacre, Tulsa's chief of police ...
Tulsa is experiencing a growing wave of dreamers and doers who are drawn to the promises the city offers. For many, Black Wall Street has become a representative heart of Black entrepreneurship, a site of endless possibility. I feel connected to the legacy of Black Wall Street. As an ...
The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was one of the most destructive riots in American history. Prior to the riot, the Greenwood community was among the wealthiest African‐American neighborhoods in the state. Residents of Greenwood had successfully developed their own business infrastructure, and by the ...
For a century, the Tulsa Race Massacre was an ugly part of America’s history that the country did its best to forget. The Greenwood District of Tulsa used to be called “Black Wall Street” — some 35 blocks of Black-owned businesses and banks, hotels,
Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett returns to his hometown of Tulsa to explore the tragic legacy of the 1921 race massacre in the Greenwood district also known as "Black Wall Street." [Emmy winner]NOW PLAYING video NFL 360 | BLACK WALL STREET Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett returns to his ...
Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later (2021) Hannibal Johnson as Self - Author 'Black Wall Street 100'
A.J. Smitherman distributed the first Democratic, African-American newspaper in Oklahoma and the East Coast, and organized resistance against lynchings and mob violence, causing him to be indicted for inciting the the Tulsa Massacre of 1921.
In 1921, Tulsa was home to one of the most prosperous Black communities in the United States. Known as Greenwood, or “Black Wall Street.” This thriving district was home to Black-owned businesses of all kinds, including banks, restaurants, hotels and retail stores. ...