Black Wallstreet (The Night Tulsa Burned)

In 1921, the Tulsa, Oklahoma neighborhood of Greenwood was one of the most affluent all-black communities in America. Known as the ""Black Wall Street,"" it covered 40 square blocks and boasted more than 600 businesses and 15,000 residents. THE NIGHT TULSA BURNED tells the long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that prompted the violence. The story is told through the testimony of survivors and hundreds of photos from the Tulsa museum that show Greenwood before and after the horror. It started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault. Angry mobs descended on the neighborhood and burned it to the ground, killing scores, injuring hundreds and destroying over 1,000 homes and businesses. Despite the fact that Rowland was later cleared of any offense, no one was ever charged with any wrongdoing, no reparations were ever made and accounts of the riot were literally cut out of the newspaper archives as Tulsa tried to erase accounts and memories of the events. IN SEARCH OF HISTORY exposes one of the darkest chapters in the history of American race relations.

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Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Tulsa,_Oklahoma

Tulsa race riot- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot

Black Inventors- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfMUaAxgT_o

Book of Black Heroes Scientists Healers and Inventors by Wade Hudson- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Heroes-Scientists-Healers-Inventors/dp/09409759...

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[Qomowale]

thx 4 sharing this truth. never again! build, protect, & defend what is ours. Peace!

[peterwestinghouse]

One industry they should have had: an arms and munitions industry and a weapons and tactics training program for all men, women, and children.

We still need it, because the ice people will always resort to mass murder and mass theft in their jealously of melanated sun people.

[88musicluv]

This is some bull shyt..."blacks were slaves to the indians". These arrogant crackers refuse to get this shyt right. Olmecs, Yamese, Washitaw were Black civilizations long before Coloumbus and not slaves to red natives. Black people will remain ignorant as long as you recieve his-story instead of telling our-story...

[jaya34ish]

Excuse MY LANGUE BUT..........BULLSHIT!!! THERE WAS NO WAY........NO WAY THE Y ONLY HAD 38 DEATHS IN CHICAGO IN 1919 BULLSHIT.....If your going to do a DOCUMENTARY AT LEAST BE REALISTIC.A Race Riot in the EARLY 1900'S/1919 to be exact LYNCHING WAS THE INFAMOUS .DIG DEEPER........REALLY 38 DEATHS REALLY?????? THIS WAS A RACE......A RACE RIOT!!! Come ON REALLY???

[TiminSE]

Diamond Dick Rowlnad...

[demarcos69]

Just like Rosewood in Florida...Damn Cracker bastards ...

[TheSunIsBlack]

broken. template for the general 99% now?

[deesince1985]

Here

[deesince1985]

There's a blk depression cuz of this