Greenwood District

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African American community cultural center historic district historic neighborhood memorial park racially motivated massacre street

The Greenwood District is a historic African American neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, once known as "Black Wall Street" and the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

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Label Occurrences
Greenwood District canonical 6
Greenwood business district 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American community ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
historic neighborhood ⓘ
memorial park ⓘ
racially motivated massacre ⓘ
street ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Black Wall Street ⓘ
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
city Tulsa ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demographicGroup predominantly Black residents ⓘ
economicCharacter Black business district ⓘ
endTime 1921-06-01 ⓘ
ethnicCommunity African American ⓘ
hadInfrastructure Black-owned banks ⓘ
Black-owned hotels ⓘ
Black-owned newspapers ⓘ
Black-owned restaurants ⓘ
Black-owned theaters ⓘ
professional offices ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Tulsa Race Massacre
hasMemorial Greenwood Cultural Center ⓘ
John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor Greenwood Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus site of remembrance for the Tulsa Race Massacre ⓘ
historicalEra Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: Jim Crow era
knownFor 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ⓘ
prosperous Black-owned businesses before 1921 ⓘ
locatedIn Oklahoma ⓘ
Tulsa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
location Greenwood District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Greenwood District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Tulsa ⓘ
Tulsa ⓘ
Tulsa ⓘ
partOf North Tulsa ⓘ
peakPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
rebuildingOccurred after 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ⓘ
significance symbol of Black entrepreneurship in the early 1900s ⓘ
symbol of racial terror and destruction in the United States ⓘ
startTime 1921-05-31 ⓘ
state Oklahoma ⓘ
subjectOf African-American history ⓘ
surface form: United States civil rights history

studies of racial violence in the United States ⓘ

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States → contains → Greenwood District ⓘ
subject surface form: Tulsa, Oklahoma
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre → location → Greenwood District ⓘ
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre → destroyed → Greenwood District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenwood business district
Greenwood District → location → Greenwood District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tulsa Race Massacre
Greenwood District → location → Greenwood District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Greenwood Cultural Center
Downtown Tulsa → hasDistrict → Greenwood District ⓘ
Tulsa → hasHistoricDistrict → Greenwood District ⓘ