Black Wall Street

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African American business district economic center historic neighborhood

Black Wall Street was a prosperous early-20th-century African American business district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, renowned for its economic success and vibrant Black community before its destruction in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American business district ⓘ
economic center ⓘ
historic neighborhood ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greenwood District NERFINISHED ⓘ
city Tulsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfMajorAttack May 31–June 1, 1921 ⓘ
demographicGroup predominantly Black residents ⓘ
economicStatusBefore1921 one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States ⓘ
prosperous ⓘ
ethnicCommunity African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
hasBusinessType banks ⓘ
barbershops ⓘ
beauty salons ⓘ
clothing stores ⓘ
grocery stores ⓘ
hotels ⓘ
pharmacies ⓘ
professional offices ⓘ
restaurants ⓘ
theaters ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance example of early 20th-century Black self-sufficiency ⓘ
symbol of Black economic success ⓘ
symbol of racial violence in the United States ⓘ
historicalEvent 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Black entrepreneurship ⓘ
cultural life in the African American community ⓘ
high concentration of Black professionals ⓘ
prosperous African American-owned businesses ⓘ
vibrant Black middle class ⓘ
locatedIn Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tulsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPeriod 1910s ⓘ
early 1920s ⓘ
perpetratorGroupDescription white mobs ⓘ
resultOfAttack destruction of homes and businesses ⓘ
looting ⓘ
mass displacement of Black residents ⓘ
widespread arson ⓘ
state Oklahoma ⓘ
subjectOf documentaries about the Tulsa Race Massacre ⓘ
historical research on racial violence ⓘ
memorialization efforts in Tulsa ⓘ
sufferedDestructionIn 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasTargetOf 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfDestruction 1921 ⓘ

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1921 Tulsa Race Massacre → destroyed → Black Wall Street ⓘ
Greenwood District → alsoKnownAs → Black Wall Street ⓘ