The massacre on Greenwood Avenue, the site of one of America’s worst racist attacks, still has a significant impact on the residents of Tulsa, Okla.
The massacre on Greenwood Avenue, the site of one of America’s worst racist attacks, still has a significant impact on the residents of Tulsa, Okla.
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Black Tulsans Reflect on Legacy of the 1921 Massacre
The massacre on Greenwood Avenue, the site of one of America’s worst racist attacks, still has a significant impact on the residents of Tulsa, Okla.
“I don’t know anyone that grew up in Tulsa that wasn’t adversely and directly influenced, because the massacre shaped the influence, the Tulsa demographics.” “The church was — at the time, we had our basement that was here, which we’re standing in — and we were building our superstructure on top. During the massacre, they destroyed our superstructure, but thankfully, the basement remained.” “The elders in our community didn’t speak about the atrocities of Greenwood. It was just something that wasn’t discussed. My grandfather didn’t talk, but my dad, he discussed it. He wasn’t born — he was born in the ’30s, about 10, 12 years later. But he talks about it. And then when I got to high school, there were African studies teachers who taught off-text about it. It wasn’t included in the textbooks, but she taught the history of Black Wall Street.” “We would be much better if what happened 99 years ago had not happened. We’d be much further along because, imagine this — we built Black Wall Street not once, but twice. And imagine if instead of having to rebuild it twice, we could have built even larger, expanded even greater. But we had to just basically replace what we had. And we built that bigger. But we could have used that money to do even more things in this district.” “Right now, being a business owner in Greenwood is great. This is a growing, thriving community. It’s not growing as largely as people probably, or as fast as you would want it to. But I think Greenwood has a lot of potential right now with everything going on. We’re drawing a lot of business. Juneteenth is a big deal here. That’s bringing a lot of people down here on Greenwood. So to be able to get some of that business and see people in the community or outside the community, people who travel near and far to visit Black Wall Street, really paved the way for us business owners here.”
Black Tulsans Reflect on Legacy of the 1921 Massacre
The massacre on Greenwood Avenue, the site of one of America’s worst racist attacks, still has a significant impact on the residents of Tulsa, Okla.
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