Greenwood District Tulsa Becomes 'Black Wall Street': 35 Blocks of Black Prosperity

The Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa developed into one of the most prosperous Black communities in the US, containing over 300 Black-owned businesses including hotels, theaters, law offices, a hospital, and a library. Booker T. Washington had praised it in 1905. Its prosperity made it a target for white resentment that would culminate in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.