Tulsa's historic Greenwood district, Hannibal B. Johnson
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- African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- Pictorial works
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- History -- Pictorial works
- Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- Pictorial works
- Electronic books
- African American neighborhoods -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- Pictorial works
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- Pictorial works
- African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Biography -- Pictorial works
- Riots -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- Pictorial works
- Urban renewal -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- Pictorial works
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Tulsa's historic Greenwood district, Hannibal B. Johnson
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Tulsa's historic Greenwood district
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Hannibal B. Johnson
Series statement
Images of America
Summary
In the early 1900s, an indomitable entrepreneurial spirit brought national renown to Tulsa's 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. Today's 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
Target audience
adult
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