Black History Month: Black Wall Street and the Threat of Black Financial Stability

In this economics webinar, examine rise and fall of Black Tulsa, OK, and the historical implications of race in American financial success.

Greenwood, or “Black Wall Street,” a once thriving section of 1920s Tulsa, met its ultimate demise at the hand of White rioters. Work to answer the question: Why was Black financial stability a threat?         

Begin to explore what the success of this Black neighborhood meant for the town’s White counterparts, and how racial minorities’ independence was, and potentially continues to be, a threat to White power structures in the United States.

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