"Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street" is a new documentary that explores the history of Black Wall Street and the violent events of late May and June 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that resulted ...

An often overlooked piece of American history is the 1921burning of “Black Wall Street,” when a white mob burned a thriving Black community to the ground.

Johnson, who is featured in CNN’s “Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street” documentary, says Black Wall Street peaked in the early to mid-1940s after the massacre. “Even after this ...

Not far away, in the prosperous black district of Greenwood, white vigilantes systematically torched nearly 40 square blocks. Gone in the blink of an eye were more than 1,000 homes, a dozen ...

The movie "Black Wall Street Burning" deals with the racial tensions of 1921 and how a minor incident caused those tensions to explode, resulting in hundreds of black lives and buildings lost.

The week's highlights include documentaries about what has become known as the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre; and the return of lighter fare, including "America's Got Talent" and "Lego Masters." ...

The violence took place in Tulsa, Okla., on May 31 and June 1, 1921 when a White mob descended on the city’s thriving Greenwood business district, known as “Black Wall Street,” burning and ...

Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor from the Tulsa Race Massacre, shares her story on Juneteenth.

The history of Black Wall Street, and the rise of the Greenwood community. ... The blacks who came and did commerce and had hotels and burning ounces really traded among each other.

Read about the history of Tulsa, the massacre and Black Wall Street. When was the 1921 race massacre? What events led up to it? In the early 1900s, the 40 blocks to the north of downtown Tulsa ...

Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre. Story by Petula Dvorak, ... Witnesses reported that planes dropped turpentine bombs on the burning city.

Black Wall Street. The term refers to a long-lost district in the heart of cities and towns across America, a bittersweet reminder of the early-20th-century business and social hubs created by a ...