black wall street

my apologies if its been posted before (the links in other threads i see are dead so im not sure if its the same footage) i love old restored film from the early 1900s.. thought thecoli would dig this too

I was watching documentaries on the Tulsa pogrom and seeing elderly survivors of that event is just insane to me. And it got me thinking if there's anyone on the Coli that has a family history of being victims of racial violence. Also, how come I never heard of any cac that had a grandparent...

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I know of Greenwood, Tulsa. I just found out about Wilmington, North Carolina. What are the other Black Wall Streets that have existed? Oh and links, if you have them.

The Massacre of Black Wall Street No point in really quoting the article seeing how most are already familiar with the event and it's meant to be visual. Not sure how I feel about this approach... :jbhmm:

TULSA, Okla. — Construction on the new “Greenwood Rising: The Legacy of Black Wall Street" is close to getting underway. The $30 million project will create a Greenwood Historical Center and renovate the current Greenwood Cultural Center. All commemorating the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the...

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Y'all remember Malcolm X talking about this? He said black people and white people will never be able to coexist. He said we should be given reparation money and our own part of land in the country for us to thrive on our own without the influence of the white man. With that money, we'd be able...

(OP notes: It's pronounced "Durm" not "Der-ham", for the ignorant :ufdup:) When she moved to Durham two months ago to teach at the Central Park School for Children, Randi Harrison decided to check out the Liberty Warehouse apartments, located conveniently just down the block. She was shocked...

And simply gloss over the Tulsa Massacre Race Riot in 1921 where over 200 Blacks were killed and some 800 injured.... The "official" reports tried their hardest to lower the number of Blacks killed to soften the blow of the tragedy. But we were lynched, shot, our buildings and businesses...

Should also google Hayti Durham and Hayti Alexandria Virginia that's being excavated. Even the markers of Durham for many of the Black Pioneers clearly note Indian and Black. He talks about how the district had to fall so that companies like Cisco, Glaxo, IBM etc could move in with freeway...

Ya DUN KNOW! :troll: Why these dusty foreigners always trying to flex on American rappers, please explain. :feedme: nikkas was hella touchy feely, Black Wall street jewels gettin molested (pause) :dame: Oh yeah, why the hell was Lennox Lewis in the cut? :demonic: