Before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre leveled thirty-five blocks in eighteen hours, the Greenwood District was the wealthiest Black community in America. Its main street held hotels, theaters, law firms, newspapers, and a hospital — all Black-owned, all built from scratch in the shadow of Oklahoma’s oil boom. This is the story of how Greenwood … Continue reading How One Night Killed America’s Wealthiest Black City: Tulsa, Oklahoma