The Greenwood district in Tulsa, famously known as Black Wall Street, was a thriving economic powerhouse where Black entrepreneurs, professionals, and families flourished. Barbershops buzzed with ...

Black Wall Street communities may be best familiar with Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood. Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute, dubbed Greenwood “Negro Wall Street” for its ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Working to lift up Black business owners, modern-day Black Wall Streets in West Michigan are offering training sessions, curating business directories and developing ...

I’m going to back up a little here. We’ve mentioned Black Wall Street, the term for an economic district in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was widely considered one of the most prosperous Black communities in ...

"Beautiful, bustling, and Black"—that was how author, attorney, and activist Hannibal B. Johnson described Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District in his book "Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance ...

“Negro Durham” takes viewers back to a long-gone, bustling business district known as Black Wall Street, that was largely wiped out by urban renewal and the development of the Durham Freeway ...

Non-profit organization Erie’s Black Wall Street is that and so much more. As we close Black History Month, we sat down one-on-one with the co-founder to share their story. Three college friends ...

Johnson described Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District in his book "Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District." In the early 1900s, the Greenwood District ...

Johnson described the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in his book “Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District.” In the early 1900s, the Greenwood ...

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Because the neighborhood was essentially cut off from the rest of the city and there was no access to public services due to segregation, Depot Street emerged as the city’s very own Black Wall Street.