Ebook: Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District
Author: Johnson Hannibal B
- Tags: African American neighborhoods, African American neighborhoods--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History, African Americans, African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa, African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History, Race relations, Riots, Riots--Oklahoma--Tulsa--20th century, Urban renewal, Urban renewal--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History, Biographies, Pictorial works, Illustrated works, History, Biography, African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- Pictorial works, Greenwood (Tulsa Okla.) -- History -- Pictorial works, African America
- Series: Images of America
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- City: Greenwood (Tulsa;Okla.);Tulsa (Okla.);Oklahoma;Tulsa
- Language: English
- epub
In the early 1900s, an indomitable entrepreneurial spirit brought national renown to Tulsas historic African American community, the Greenwood District. This Negro Wall Street bustled with commercial activity. In 1921, jealously, land lust, and racism swelled in sectors of white Tulsa, and white rioters seized upon what some derogated as Little Africa, leaving death and destruction in their wake. In an astounding resurrection, the community rose from the ashes of what was dubbed the Tulsa Race Riot with renewed vitality and splendor, peaking in the 1940s. In the succeeding decades, changed social and economic conditions sparked a prodigious downward spiral. Todays Greenwood District bears little resemblance to the black business mecca of yore. Instead, it has become part of something larger: an anchor to a rejuvenated arts, entertainment, educational, and cultural hub abutting downtown Tulsa.--Amazon.com.;Introduction -- 1. Roots -- 2. Riot -- 3. Regeneration -- 4. Renaissance.
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