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

Published Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits Series Images of America Images of America. Contents Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Roots -- 2. Riot -- 3. Regeneration -- 4. Renaissance -- In Their Own Words: Riot Survivor Stories 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 Notes Print version record Subject African American neighborhoods -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- Pictorial works African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Biography -- Pictorial works African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- Pictorial works Riots -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- 20th century -- Pictorial works Urban renewal -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- History -- Pictorial works African American neighborhoods African Americans Race relations Riots Urban renewal SUBJECT Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- History -- Pictorial works Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- Pictorial works Tulsa (Okla.) -- History -- Pictorial works Tulsa (Okla.) -- Race relations -- History -- Pictorial works Subject Oklahoma -- Tulsa Genre/Form Biographies History Pictorial works Form Electronic book LC no. 2013942833 ISBN 9781439644560 143964456X 9781467111287 1467111287

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