Greenwood, Tulsa | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-06-03

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Tulsa


00:01:36 1 History
00:01:45 1.1 Roots
00:05:37 1.2 Black Wall Street
00:09:26 1.3 O.W. Gurley
00:13:38 1.4 1921 Massacre
00:18:48 1.5 Foundation of Resentment
00:20:50 1.6 Improvements
00:22:10 1.7 The Legacy of Tulsa Race Riots
00:24:00 2 Historic status
00:25:02 3 Landmarks
00:25:11 3.1 Greenwood Cultural Center
00:26:49 3.2 John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park
00:28:03 4 See also



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Greenwood is a historic freedom colony in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As one of the most prominent concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States during the early 20th century, it was popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street" until the Tulsa race riot of 1921, in which white residents massacred 26 black residents, injuring hundreds more, and razed the neighborhood within hours. The riot was one of the most devastating massacres in the history of U.S. race relations, destroying the once thriving Greenwood community.
Within ten years after the massacre, surviving residents who chose to remain in Tulsa rebuilt much of the district. They accomplished this despite the opposition of many white Tulsa political and business leaders and punitive rezoning laws enacted to prevent reconstruction. It resumed being a vital black community until segregation was overturned by the Federal Government during the 1950s and 1960s. Desegregation encouraged blacks to live and shop elsewhere in the city, causing Greenwood to lose much of its original vitality. Since then, city leaders have attempted to encourage other economic development activity nearby.