Tulsa race massacre Project
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- What was black wall street like before the Tulsa race massacre?
- Building were really nice, Greenwood was one of the wealthiest black communities,sit down ill tell you the story.
- So before we get started whats your name?
- I´m Cody
- My name is Hal Singer I am a survivor of the massacre one of the few. At the time i was only 18 months old. How about you whats your name?
- What caused the massacre Mr Singer?
- It was right after memorial day a black shoe shiner named Dick Roland was accused of assaulting Page a elevator operator
- So how did the Tulsa Race massacre destroy Greenwood?
- So how was it rebuilt?
- Well Black Tulsans did rebuild it after a while,we had to build at our own expenses because we had no assistance from anyone.
- Well there was ground attack and private aircraft that destroyed more 35 square blocks of the district
- So how did redlining effect black tulsans?
- Because no banks or insurance companys would give us money because our town was poor after it was burned down
- Mr,Hal what was the impact of urban renewal on Greenwood?
- Urban renewal led to the building of highways through the district, displacing Black families. Then authorities built OSU-Tulsa and Oneok Field, a minor league baseball stadium in the historic district of Greenwood.
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