Tulsa: The Attack on Black Wall Street
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Tulsa and the Black Wall Street
Legal segregation was the order of day back when this community was formed in 19 o six. Later, legendary statesmen bookert washington dubbed it the negro wall street of america. That later morfed into black wall street, really a nod to the business character of part of the community. These were mostly small businesses, monpop type operations that one might find in any city or hamlet or town in oklahoma or elsewere in the united states.
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