


This is rare 1920s footage of Greenwood, an African-American enclave in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greenwoodβs abundance of Black-owned businesses and its prosperity earned it the nickname βBlack Wall Street.β But 99 years ago, angry white mobs burned it to the ground. #TulsaRaceMassacre pic.twitter.com/W06LiuZFun
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) May 28, 2020
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