Greenwood Historic District (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | neighbourhood

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Former location of a freedom colony that became a thriving area of African-American businessduring the early 20th century, it was popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street" until the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, in which white residents massacred hundreds of black residents and razed the neighborhood within hours.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/09/28/feature...
pages.uoregon.edu/kimball/1921-Tulsa.race.riot.htm
crdl.usg.edu/collections/race-riot/?Welcome
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Tulsa,_Oklahoma#Greenwood_Historical_District
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Coordinates:   36°9'35"N   95°59'15"W
This article was last modified 3 years ago