Cityballers Black History Podcast show – Sunday Feb 21 at 8p EST

SAN DIEGO, CA – In this Cityballers Black History podcast show we’ll be talking about Greenwood (Black Wall Street) a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greenwood was one of the most successful and wealthiest black communities in the U.S. during the early 20th Century, it was popularly known as America’s “Black Wall Street” until the Tulsa race riot of 1921, in which white residents massacred black residents and razed the neighborhood within hours. The riot was one of the most devastating massacres in the history of U.S. race relations, destroying the once thriving Greenwood community.

Within five years after the massacre, surviving residents who chose to remain in Tulsa rebuilt much of the district. They accomplished this despite the opposition of many white Tulsa political and business leaders and punitive rezoning laws enacted to prevent reconstruction. It resumed being a vital black community until segregation was overturned by the Federal Government during the 1950s and 1960s. Desegregation encouraged blacks to live and shop elsewhere in the city, causing Greenwood to lose much of its original vitality. Since then, city leaders have attempted to encourage other economic development activity nearby.

Tune in Sunday February 21st, 2016 at 8pm EST/5pm PST

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