Watch This: Black Wall Street – Prosperity Turns to Poverty

This 10-minute video takes a look at the lives of people living in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, before and after their homes, businesses, and community were destroyed by a fire started in anger by the city’s white residents.  The short film was made by a middle school student, and won first prize at the Oklahoma History Day Competition.

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