SYMHC Classics: The Tulsa Race Riot and Black Wall Street
Stuff You Missed in History Class
November 9, 201925m 6s
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Show Notes
This 2014 episode came up recently because of the event's inclusion on a television show. "Black Wall Street" was a nickname for Greenwood, a vibrant suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was destroyed in a race riot in 1921. And while Greenwood's destruction was definitely the product of racial tensions, the event was much more one-sided.
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