*Before Greenwood (Oklahoma) was destroyed in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, it was probably one of the most well off Black communities in the country. Would you believe that is was even known as the Black Wall Street? This was because of the amount of concentrated wealth that could be found here.
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Otis Granville Clark, a 105-year old survivor of the massacre, was featured in a documentary that was made in 2008 called “Before They Die!” Here you can see how Otis said that a lot of New Yorkers and folks from Chicago would come in to Greenwood for business. He even said that it seemed like an oil country back then and people here lived like it was Wall Street!
Source: Before The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Greenwood Was a Wealthy Black Community
