
100 years ago, this area was known as Black Wall Street. Then it came to a heartbreaking end
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One hundred years ago, one of America's greatest success stories came to a crushing end.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was more than 35 city blocks of thriving shops, hotels, theaters and more. And all of them were Black-owned.More Related News

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