Kahlil Greene, the “Gen-Z Historian,” is a well known digital educator, Peabody Award winner, and two-time Emmy nominee with an audience of over 50 million views across TikTok, Instagram, and author of “History Can’t Hide” on Substack. He recounts the history of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District, a prosperous African American community known as “Black Wall Street.”
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Timelapse photos by Patrick McNicholas, tulsapast.com.
Footage courtesy Reverend Solomon Sir Jones.
This brings tears to my eyes every time I hear/read about it. Reparations, anybody???
Omitted is the cause: a white woman. falsely claimed assault by a black man, which she quickly recanted. White authorities did NOTHING to stop the violence. They joined in. Greenwood was not able to rebuild because insurance companies denied claims.