Black Wall Street was a wealthy and prosperous Black business district in Tulsa, Okla., in the early 1900s. A White mob carried out the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, burning over 1,400 homes and ...
Supporters say the market's closure is a bittersweet fate for an idea that aimed to deliver development dreams that have long eluded this corner of south DeKalb County.
When people hear the term “Black Wall Street,” most immediately think of Tulsa, Oklahoma — the site of one of the most infamous episodes of racial violence in American history. But Tulsa was not alone ...