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This article chronicles the history of Tulsa's Greenwood district, from its origins as Native American land to its rebuilding after the 1921 Tulsa Race…
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The Story of Black Wall Street: How They Rebuilt
Through a mixture of hubris and active malice, Tulsa city leaders undermined the rebuilding of Greenwood. Black people brought the neighborhood back…
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The Story of Black Wall Street: Trust in the Law
The legal battles over who should pay for the destruction of Greenwood, criminally and financially, began before the smoke had cleared
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The Story of Black Wall Street: A Conspiracy in Plain Sight
Tulsa’s white leaders orchestrated a concerted effort to force black residents out of Greenwood. The only question is whether this plan was initiated…
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The Story of Black Wall Street: 'Get a Gun and Get Busy'
Local police and the National Guard failed to protect Greenwood from burning during the 1921 race massacre. In fact, their actions likely encouraged its…
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The Story of Black Wall Street: What They Lost
A partial accounting
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The Story of Black Wall Street: A Way With Words
Black-owned media outlets were burned to the ground in the Tulsa Race Massacre. White outlets got the chance to write--and then almost erase--the first…
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The Unfinished Story of Dick Rowland
For nearly a century, narratives about the massacre have revolved around a mysterious shoe shine boy and an even more elusive elevator operator.
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The Story of Black Wall Street #015: Summers of Our Discontent
Before Greenwood burned, large-scale racial terror attacks had already become an American pastime
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The Story of Black Wall Street: Why Greenwood Flourished
A prosperous black middle class emerged in Tulsa for reasons that were both specific to Oklahoma and common throughout the U.S.
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The Story of Black Wall Street: The Women of Greenwood
Female entrepreneurs not only contributed to the prosperity of early Greenwood but preserved the history of it
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The Story of Black Wall Street #008: Origin Stories
It's difficult to prove that some of the narratives surrounding Greenwood's early days ever occurred. How do they contribute to our understanding of…
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