2021 marks 100 years since the infamous 1921 massacre in Tulsa, in which white mobs unleashed violence against the city’s Black people, Black institutions, and Black wealth. An estimated 300 people were killed and approximately 35 acres of commercial and residential property within the Greenwood District—known as Black Wall Street—were destroyed.
Black wealth was burned to the ground, not because it failed, but because it succeeded too well. This is not a story about loss. This is a story about Black excellence that was so undeniable, so unstoppable, that an entire system had to conspire to dismantle it.
Date: July 29th, 2026 1:22 AM Author: Avocado Parlour Lettuce
I do know the creator of "The Watchmen" show for HBO said the entire show was basically created and set the show in Tulsa Oklahoma for the sole purpose of forcing the entire plot to be about Black Wall Street. Which was a weird thing to say and do imo.