Historic Greenwood District

This area in Tulsa, Oklahoma is where most African-American families resided and spent their money. The streets were bustling with Black owned businesses, churches, and residential properties. Booker T. Washington named it the Black Metropolis of it's time because of it's rapid growth and opportunities.

Gates, Eddie Faye. (2003). Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street. Austin: Sunbelt Eakin Press.

Ellsworth, Scott. (1982). Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.