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The Legacy of Black Wall Street

One hundred years after the Tulsa massacre, the powerful and tumultuous story of "Black Wall Street" is told by its founders and their descendants, as well as contemporary entrepreneurs and experts.

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[Karlos] In Tulsa in 1910, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Karlos] In Tulsa in 1910,

♪ Black Wall Street
was the soul ♪ - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

♪ Black Wall Street was the soul ♪

And 10,000 of those people
are Black people. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And 10,000 of those people are Black people.

They make a way
for themselves in Tulsa - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

They make a way for themselves in Tulsa

You had numerous restaurants, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

You had numerous restaurants,

And it was known,
if you want to prosper, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And it was known, if you want to prosper,

[Raven]
They were beginning to show - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Raven] They were beginning to show

[Bradley] Greenwood happened
because Black people can take
America's worst - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Bradley] Greenwood happened because Black people can take A...

So the way to eliminate - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

So the way to eliminate

But the racism was thick
and real. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

But the racism was thick and real.

[Victor] What was said
by the police was, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Victor] What was said by the police was,

How dare these black folks
go and build a community
for themselves. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

How dare these black folks go and build a community for them...

The Greenwood district
is completely destroyed. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The Greenwood district is completely destroyed.

[Bradley] Black Wall Street
is important - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Bradley] Black Wall Street is important

The trajectory
could've been different. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The trajectory could've been different.

And now the promises
of the past - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And now the promises of the past

[dramatic music playing] - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[dramatic music playing]

He has done enough running. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

He has done enough running.

This is not
a White man's country. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

This is not a White man's country.

It is as much ours
by right of toil. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

It is as much ours by right of toil.

[Regina] The shooting began
that night - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Regina] The shooting began that night

[Hill] The Greenwood district - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Hill] The Greenwood district

[Raven] The White mob
mobilized with
the government. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Raven] The White mob mobilized with the government.

It was a symbol
of what is possible - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

It was a symbol of what is possible

They met
at the sheriff's offices - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

They met at the sheriff's offices

But to understand - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

But to understand

The police commissioner
would say - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The police commissioner would say

[whistle blows] - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[whistle blows]

First Black people to come
to Oklahoma - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

First Black people to come to Oklahoma

[Harjo] The five tribes,
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee,
Creek and Seminole - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Harjo] The five tribes, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek...

[Eldoris] And I was awakened
by my mother, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Eldoris] And I was awakened by my mother,

Some of them wanted to show
that they were in allyship - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Some of them wanted to show that they were in allyship

I just got up
and was real afraid. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

I just got up and was real afraid.

And she says,
"We have to go out. Get out." - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And she says, "We have to go out. Get out."

Indigenous people were
affected by anti-Black racism. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Indigenous people were affected by anti-Black racism.

The process invited them
into the slave-holder culture, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The process invited them into the slave-holder culture,

Over the track off
[indistinct] - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Over the track off [indistinct]

The bullets were just
raining down over us. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The bullets were just raining down over us.

Airplanes was up
and I could see them, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Airplanes was up and I could see them,

When the Five Tribes
signed a Removal Treaty, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

When the Five Tribes signed a Removal Treaty,

I pull away from my parents
and ran - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

I pull away from my parents and ran

[Harjo] The Indian Removal Act
of 1830 - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Harjo] The Indian Removal Act of 1830

And I got
into the corner of that, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And I got into the corner of that,

[Raven]
My great uncle Toussaint - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Raven] My great uncle Toussaint

Over 100,000 Native Americans - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Over 100,000 Native Americans

And he told his mother
they're coming. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And he told his mother they're coming.

He was off fighting
to protect the community. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

He was off fighting to protect the community.

So the next best bet for them
was to hide. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

So the next best bet for them was to hide.

The over 5,000 mile
brutal and deadly removal - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The over 5,000 mile brutal and deadly removal

Just in the nick of time
they made it - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Just in the nick of time they made it

[Grayson] When everybody
got to Oklahoma, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Grayson] When everybody got to Oklahoma,

They had to
be absolutely silent - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

They had to be absolutely silent

And they had to rebuild
what the Indian tribes
had in the Deep South. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And they had to rebuild what the Indian tribes had in the De...

They had to control
her screams - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

They had to control her screams

And you can just imagine - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And you can just imagine

After the Civil War,
you had freed men
living in Oklahoma. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

After the Civil War, you had freed men living in Oklahoma.

You have a freed
Black population, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

You have a freed Black population,

[jazz music playing] - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[jazz music playing]

But then to hear them - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

But then to hear them

[Luckerson] Black people
in Oklahoma owned more land - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Luckerson] Black people in Oklahoma owned more land

About two million acres
of land were allotted
to freed men. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

About two million acres of land were allotted to freed men.

So when you think about
forty acres and a mule,
and that false promise - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

So when you think about forty acres and a mule, and that fal...

Only by the grace of God - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Only by the grace of God

And only by the grace of God - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And only by the grace of God

[Hill] Those land allotments
become the seeds of more than
50 Black towns - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Hill] Those land allotments become the seeds of more than 5...

[Michelle] Our survivors
have spoken - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Michelle] Our survivors have spoken

More than any other state
in the country. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

More than any other state in the country.

Once the five tribes
received their allotment, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Once the five tribes received their allotment,

There is an oil company here
in Oklahoma - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

There is an oil company here in Oklahoma

[Regina] BC Franklin,
Buck Colbert Franklin, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Regina] BC Franklin, Buck Colbert Franklin,

OW Gurley was a Southerner
who hailed from Arkansas, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

OW Gurley was a Southerner who hailed from Arkansas,

He was an eyewitness
to the planes - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

He was an eyewitness to the planes

And he watched them
drop turpentine balls - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

And he watched them drop turpentine balls

The land that Greenwood
exists on, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The land that Greenwood exists on,

[Jerica]
To hear of family members - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Jerica] To hear of family members

[woman] This was clearly not
about Dick Rowland. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[woman] This was clearly not about Dick Rowland.

His goal was to incubate
a Black community. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

His goal was to incubate a Black community.

This was a deliberate
and calculated - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

This was a deliberate and calculated

[Luckerson] OW Gurley opened
a grocery store on what would
become Greenwood Avenue. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Luckerson] OW Gurley opened a grocery store on what would b...

[Michelle]
Our community was outnumbered - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Michelle] Our community was outnumbered

He was really able to tap into
a lot of dynamics happening
throughout the state, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

He was really able to tap into a lot of dynamics happening t...

The sheriff's department
was joined - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The sheriff's department was joined

They were able to provide
some of that nurturing wealth. - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

They were able to provide some of that nurturing wealth.

[Hill] Land for recently
enslaved people - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Hill] Land for recently enslaved people

[Raven] Through the streets
we all were driven - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Raven] Through the streets we all were driven

Women, men,
and little children, - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Women, men, and little children,

Because we have to imagine
a world - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

Because we have to imagine a world

[Michelle]
They began to incarcerate - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

[Michelle] They began to incarcerate

OW Gurley determined
that he would only sell
that land - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

OW Gurley determined that he would only sell that land

The entire population
of the Greenwood community - The Legacy of Black Wall Street

The entire population of the Greenwood community

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One hundred years after the Tulsa massacre, the powerful and tumultuous story of "Black Wall Street" is told by its founders and their descendants, as well as contemporary entrepreneurs and experts.

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Year: 2021

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Released: 01 Jun 2021

Awards: 1 nomination

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