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February 15, 2016

Do you know about the destruction of Black Wall Street?

The "Little Africa” section of Tulsa, OK in flames during the 1921 race rio Read more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/black-history/the-destruction-of-black-wall-street-405#ixzz3znYBTCnD Follow us: @EbonyMag on Twitter | EbonyMag on Facebook — The “Little Africa” section of Tulsa, OK in flames during the 1921 race rio
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Greenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, was the type of community that African Americans are still, today, attempting to reclaim and rebuild. It was modern, majestic, sophisticated and unapologetically Black. Tragically, it was also the site of one of the bloodiest and most horrendous race riots (and acts of terrorism) that the United States has ever experienced.

Today marks ninety-two years since as many as 300 African Americans lost their lives and more than 9,000 were left homeless when the small town was attacked, looted and literally burned to the ground beginning in 1921. It’s impossible, however, to realize what was lost in Greenwood, which was affectionately known as “Black Wall Street.”
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