Watch This Rare Color Footage Of Black Wall Street, Only footage of Tulsa riots on Camera

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Apparently this footage of Greenwood ‘Black Wall Street’ has not been seen for over 50 years and man, it;s mesmerizing.

Just seeing these folks who were building a future for themselves in Greenwood, going about daily business. I could watch this over and over again all day! Sadly the video was also shot on the day of the Tulsa Race Riots and has some disturbing imagery.

Greenwood was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot on May 31 – June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents and businesses of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


This footage is part if a new documentary from the Smithsonian Channel, this is the only known footage from the day of the riots.




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[2stainz]

 

[⠝⠕⠏⠑]

This hurts.

 

[Archangel]

To see a town bursting with life and thriving businesses built on the backs of black men and women is awe inspiring. I've never seen footage of Black Wall Street. I don't know where to stand on the issue of integration/segregation but seeing what we can build when left on our own with proper resources causes my indifference to shift a bit.

Rep+Dap OP

 

[TNOT]

Look at them brehs!!! It almost doesn't look real, like it's a movie.

It's a shame how they continuously tried to destroy us. The sight of a black man with power makes them question everything they believe in.

 

[NormanConnors]

finally some footage to go along with description and imagery

 

[Sandy_Cheeks]

I went from


To


shyt sad man. nikkas can't have shyt

 

[alpo]

Integration huh

 

[rabbitfood]

EDIT AND SELF NEG. That article was bs and I should've vetted it before posting.

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I got to do a walking tour of the area a while back and it saddened me to see what once was and hearing that the girl recanted...

 

[Doobie Doo]

Damn, just imagine rolling down the road in your Model T bumping that new Satchmo tape with the seat back. Feeling like Jack Johnson

 

[BlackDynamite310]

Man this really broke my heart. These devils really some soulless devils to the core.

 

[luciddreamer]

And its so hard to damn near impossible to try and replicate that today.... Our people have been broken down mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually... To the point where we even attempt something like this some naysayers from our OWN side will try and knock it down....

But I believe we all will rise up from the mental shackles one day... Can't keep us down...

 

[PhonZhi]

I was reading that the footage is misrepresented.

Major History FAIL: Yet Another Misrepresentation of Greenwood | Mullerhaus Legacy

Not to take away from the overall point of the topic of course. I got to do a walking tour of the area a while back and it saddened me to see what once was and hearing that the girl recanted...

you got a pic of this Doug Miller who wrote this?

 

[Da Jungles]

you got a pic of this Doug Miller who wrote this?

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Whenever I read up on Black Wall Street I think of the Gap Band.

The band is named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Regarding their hit, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"

However, despite the above explanation, many believe that the inspiration for this popular song came from the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, the horrific bombing of Black Wall Street.

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