The history of the massacre in Tulsa, which was also known as 'Black Wall Street,' has shined a spotlight on the formation of an affluent Black community and the gruesome events that destroyed it.
President Trump had planned to hold a rally this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma – the site of the worst racial attack in U.S. history, by many accounts. After days ofThe history of the massacre in the area, which was also known as"Black Wall Street," has shined a spotlight on the formation of an affluent Black community and the gruesome events that destroyed it.
“This isn't just a wink to white supremacists—he's throwing them a welcome home party,” Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., tweeted Thursday. Now Trump will hold the rally one day later on June 20th. Soon other Black entrepreneurs flocked to the area. J.B. Stradford started the country’s largest Black-owned hotel. A.J. Smitherman, a publisher, founded the Tulsa Star, a Black newspaper. The district, population 10,000, became a bustling enclave of grocery stores, hotels, schools, churches, libraries, luxury shops, banks and two movie theaters.
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