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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Hannibal B., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American neighborhoods--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--Pictorial works.

African American neighborhoods.

African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa--Biography--Pictorial works.

African Americans.

African Americans--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--Pictorial works.

Riots--Oklahoma--Tulsa--20th century--Pictorial works.

Riots.

Urban renewal--Oklahoma--Tulsa--History--Pictorial works.

Urban renewal.

Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.)--History--Pictorial works.

Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.).

Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.)--Race relations--History--Pictorial works.

Tulsa (Okla.)--History--Pictorial works.

Tulsa (Okla.).

Tulsa (Okla.)--Race relations--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

In the early 1900s, an indomitable entrepreneurial spirit brought national renown to Tulsa's 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. Today's 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.

OCLC:

900733139