But are tech skills and new business enough to restore what was lost in 1921? A century ago, the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, buzzed with Black entrepreneurship, creating a thriving Black ...
The push to make Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District a national monument continues more than a century after a white mob destroyed the affluent Black neighborhood in the nation’s largest race massacre ...
DETROIT, Mich. — One hundred years ago, an angry white mob in Tulsa, Okla., burned the nation’s wealthiest black business district to the ground. It was an area known as Black Wall Street. Hundreds of ...
TULSA, Okla. — Over 3 days, nearly 20,000 people are expected in downtown Tulsa for the Black Wall Street Rally. It’s bringing bikers from more than 44 states and even Canada to explore the history of ...
TULSA, Okla. — The 4th Annual Black Wall Street Rally will roar into the historic Greenwood District from May 15–17, bringing motorcycles, music, and a message of Black economic power to the streets ...
When Kellen James took over Silhouette Sneakers & Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he fulfilled a dream he’d had since he was 16. “I’ve been wanting to run a business of my own since I started working,” James ...
The Black Wall Street Rally is a three-day motorcycle-inspired community event in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District, celebrating Black culture and history through concerts, tours, vendors, and ...
"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 ...
A Tulsa nonprofit is awarding nearly $3,800 each to eight Black entrepreneurs through the 1921 Awards, a grant program honoring the legacy of Black Wall Street by supporting business owners who drive ...
Tulsa Tech Week is a six-day gathering, Sept. 22-27, founded by Tariqua “Tai” Nehisi. All are welcome to attend at no cost. Tulsa is preparing to host its second annual Tulsa Tech Week. The event is a ...
Protests against recent ICE raids stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are spreading across the country. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) ...