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Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street

Looting... shooting... burning, destroyingeverything in sight

Looting... shooting... burning, destroying
everything in sight

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Looting...
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shooting...
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burning, destroying everything in sight.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:31
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
CNN Films,The SpringHill Company

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Movie Summary

This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old race massacre that left an indelible, though hidden stain on American history.
- People are taking shelter in their homes - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:22
- People are taking shelter in their homes
{\an8}- On the evening of May 31st, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:44
{\an8}- On the evening of May 31st,
{\an8}- I was so afraid, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:20
{\an8}- I was so afraid,
- They're shooting people on sight, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:25
- They're shooting people on sight,
Black men put up a vigorous, robust defense. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:08
Black men put up a vigorous, robust defense.
They called it off abruptly - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:18
They called it off abruptly
- Our effort got caught up in politics. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:23
- Our effort got caught up in politics.
- For some people it's like, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:16
- For some people it's like,
Years later, a local journalist-- - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:35
Years later, a local journalist--
This is a historic day for Tulsa and for our country - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:42
This is a historic day for Tulsa and for our country
The initial excavation will be focused on a location - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:31
The initial excavation will be focused on a location
- The search turned up many old artifacts, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:14
- The search turned up many old artifacts,
There is a-a heavy weight of responsibility - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:35
There is a-a heavy weight of responsibility
- Sometimes stuff just makes you want to just give up, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:30
- Sometimes stuff just makes you want to just give up,
- There's all kinds of good things - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:19
- There's all kinds of good things
{\an8}- One of the things that people don't generally know - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:16
{\an8}- One of the things that people don't generally k...
But by the 1960s, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:05
But by the 1960s,
- There is this idea that Greenwood was destroyed in 1921, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:10
- There is this idea that Greenwood was destroyed in 1921,
And South Tulsa you have predominantly white community. - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:17
And South Tulsa you have predominantly white community.
I started to notice buildings looked different, - Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street 00:05
I started to notice buildings looked different,