Black Wall Street once thrived as epicenter of African American-owned businessses

Members of the Colored Citizens Relief Committee and East End Welfare Board following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Second from left, in front row, is Ottaway W. Gurley, the first African American to buy land in the Greenwood area, and who became known as the founder of Black Wall […]

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