DEVASTATION OF: BLACK WALL STREET [1921].

The Devastation of Black Wall Street Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white- dominated American capitalism. Smoke billowing over Tulsa, Oklahoma during 1921 race riots... More

The Devastation of Black Wall Street Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white- dominated American capitalism. Smoke billowing over Tulsa, Oklahoma during 1921 race riots Library of Congress By: Kimberly Fain (https://daily.jstor.org/daily-author/kimberly-fain/) July 5, 2017 8 minutes In 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street, was one of the most prosperous African-American communities in the United States. But on May 31 of that year, the Tulsa Tribune (http://tulsahistory.org/learn/online-exhibits/the-tulsa-race- Less