The CREATION of Black Wall Street - (The Tulsa Massacre) Prt. 1

This Episode is about the history of Black Wall St. before the tragic events of the Tulsa Massacre in 1921.
Greenwood was named the town after another town called Greenwood, Mississippi. The first store was a grocery store on the corner of Archer and Greenwood ave. The community continued to grow along Archer St. attracting a real estate developer, a dentist, a black physician and a even ministers. Little by little JB Stradford's vision of a black business district took shape along Archer St. In 1905 the first school for black children opened in a Baptist church and by the time Oklahoma was a state Greenwood had two physicians, a newspaper and three grocers. The Greenwood area would be annexed in to Tulsa in 1909. It's residents believed greenwood represent a new freedom from the oppressive economy of the old south. A new life where whites were too busy making money to worried about putting blacks in their place. JB Stradford become the richest black man in Tulsa owned the largest black owned hotel in America. Between the 1910 and 1920 Tulsa black population surged from 2000 to 8873, and the black population resented only about 13 percent of Tulsa's total population.
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[@enigma7310]

*"It's not forgotten it's unspoken..."*

[@AfricanWarrior150]

Back with another banger 🔥🔥

[@countryboi]

thank you so much, I'm trying

[@Asiatic637]

Outstanding work Brother

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

DEFINITELY needs a part 2.

[@dianebooker8216]

My People have been
Mistreated for many years
But still we rise what a strong
People we are thank you for sharing this history

[@BROdysseus713]

Your work is impeccable. Quite possibly one of the most important RUclips channels in existence, filling in the gaps of American history, telling an excellent story, changing perspectives. Thank you for the work you do.

[@aarondavis8433]

Is there anything available of the Durham, NC black wall st?

[@AbeJacoby]

Blessings!!!!

[@gacaptain]

This was an intriguing version of the story of Black Wall Streets founding and economy. If you don’t mind me asking, where did you obtain the information about the livelihoods it’s residents? I’m trying to conduct a study and make a report about the economy’s of Black Americans during this time period and going on into the 20s and 30s.

[@trojanette8345]

Please fix the Subtitle function. This video seems to be LOCKED on Vietnamese and Amharic for U.S viewers.

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

The thing that really baffled me about the whole black wall street is that the founder of the community fled to never been found ever again. I mean how can one dissappear in the wind like this.

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

If you didn't live at that time you can't really question him leaving.

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

@@frederickweeksjr.1189 I am not questioning him leaving (as the situation was very dangerous for anyone left in that area) .I am questioning him leaving without never let anyone else know about his whereabouts in his whole life. That is the type of mystery that makes you wonder whether this whole situation wasn't staged and set up by the elites to "experiment " america's reaction and behavior to the people of color.

[@kaylieew]

Where are the laws for my ppl!!!!

[@arabiabarboza267]

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[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

@23:00 so our communities been dealing with internal vices.

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

As long as there's SIN it will be a universal problem.

[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

@14:00 u can tell these brothers meant business

[@trojanette8345]

Also what is Homer's last name. Homer (what)? Second, where is "Part 2" of the "Black Wall Street" story?

[@vatricegeorge]

Tulsa, Ok is Creek land and many of its citizens were Africans formerly enslaved by "natives". Creek citizens were allotted 160 acres of creek land, including my ancestors who lived in tulsa and other all black towns.

[@leg414]

There were many more of these...And all destroyed by guess who? Every Black and most every place with a thriving people of various races and of color all destroyed and undermined and much more! Peace

[@truthonly-]

I like your stuff but black Indians were before the red skin Indian. We can't keep tell'n stories and leaving this fact out

[@RaphielHot]

😂black women say he guilty stop killing women

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

What????

[@safwan78]

Call Black History Black History all of that Black Superiority stuff you can keep to yourself

[@frederickweeksjr.1189]

What?????