Once a utopia of Black wealth and prosperity, Durham's Black Wall Street was destroyed by urban renewal, displacing hundreds ...

Then, of course, there was “Black Wall Street,” the thriving Black community on the segregated north side of Tulsa, Oklahoma that ... In the aftermath, the City of Tulsa resisted offers ...

The establishment of the (national monument) serves as a critical step toward recognition and commemoration, providing a ...

The Justice Department released an extensive report looking into one of the most destructive racial massacres in U.S. history.

The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up ... whose success inspired the name Black Wall Street. The report described the initial ...

The Oklahoma Child Care Services (CCS) division is attempting to implement “emergency rules” rather than having a bill sent ...

Newly elected Republican State Senator Lisa Standridge introduced a bill this week that would ban city-sponsored homeless ... outreach appeared first on Black Wall Street Times.

Ottaway W. Gurley was an Arkansas man with a dream of success. The son of slaves, he would become a multi-millionaire and one of the richest African-Americans in the country. He would also helped ...

Controversy over whether the Former Mayor of Taft, Lelia Foley Davis was in fact the first black female mayor in the United States.NewsChannel 8’s Rian Stockett ...

as many as 10,000 white Tulsans in Oklahoma mounted a “concerted” effort to the neighborhood of Greenwood, a predominantly Black community known as Black Wall Street. “The Tulsa Race ...

Months before, the city ... embodied Black American promise and success. It was filled with hotels, restaurants, theaters and other small businesses, inspiring the name Black Wall Street.