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Tulsa's historic Greenwood district /

Title

Tulsa's historic Greenwood district / Hannibal B. Johnson.

Author

Johnson, Hannibal B.

Publication

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]
©2014

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Description

127 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.

Summary

In the early 1900s, an indomitable entrepreneurial spirit brought national renown to Tulsas historic African American community, the Greenwood District. This Negro Wall Street bustled with commercial activity. In 1921, jealously, land lust, and racism swelled in sectors of white Tulsa, and white rioters seized upon what some derogated as Little Africa, leaving death and destruction in their wake. In an astounding resurrection, the community rose from the ashes of what was dubbed the Tulsa Race Riot with renewed vitality and splendor, peaking in the 1940s. In the succeeding decades, changed social and economic conditions sparked a prodigious downward spiral. Todays Greenwood District bears little resemblance to the black business mecca of yore. Instead, it has become part of something larger: an anchor to a rejuvenated arts, entertainment, educational, and cultural hub abutting downtown Tulsa.--Amazon.com.

Series Statement

Images of America

Uniform Title

Images of America.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biography – Pictorial works.
History.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.

ISBN

9781467111287
1467111287

LCCN

2013942833

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library