Black Wall Street and the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

2021-05-20

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the events that destroyed the area known as Black Wall Street. The event and what occurred today is known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. Before the "Tulsa Race Massacre", Greenwood, aka "Black Wall Street" had hundreds of thriving businesses and an economy that was so self-sufficient, the dollar circulated within the community 19 times before it left! Michelle Brown-Burdex, the program coordinator of the Greenwood Cultural Center, is on Traveling Culturati with the history of Greenwood, the massacre and destruction ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the events that destroyed the area known as Black Wall Street. The event and what occurred today is known as the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Before the "Tulsa Race Massacre", Greenwood, aka "Black Wall Street" had hundreds of thriving businesses and an economy that was so self-sufficient, the dollar circulated within the community 19 times before it left!

Michelle Brown-Burdex, the program coordinator of the Greenwood Cultural Center, is on Traveling Culturati with the history of Greenwood, the massacre and destruction of Black Wall Street, and how the city is commemorating the 100th anniversary.

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