The Greenwood District | Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

Learn about the history of the Greenwood district from its founding during the post-Civil war era to May 31, 1921—the day of the Tulsa Race Massacre in this video from Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten. Tulsa’s Greenwood District was one of the wealthiest Black communities in the country. Booker T. Washington called it Black Wall Street.