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VERY RARE Footage of Black Wall Street, Before The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

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VERY RARE Footage of Black Wall Street, Before The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

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Vandella Charles says:

Anyone have the link to the documentary

Ricky Pee says:

Now think if every black family had gotten their 40 acres and mule…that same money would be around today..because it would have been passed down from gen to gen …you know..just like the whites do…the last generation makes sure the next one straight. Blacks couldn't do that..didn't have nothing to pass down….its a long story…..

Dan in Santa Fe says:

Though this documentary supposedly aired on the Smithsonian Channel, I am not sure if it really did, or if this is the correct audio track. If this really is the documentary, with the original audio, I am not sure it deserves the Smithsonian logo. The original filmmaker is said to be Solomon Sir Jones. His Wikipedia page says, "Solomon Sir Jones (1869-1936) was an American minister and amateur film-maker, best known for his collection of 29 silent black-and-white films (totaling 355 minutes worth of footage) documenting African-American communities in Oklahoma from 1924 to 1928." This likely means that the footage he took was taken after the 1921 riot. And since Greenwood was largely destroyed, this footage was probably not taken in Greenwood. His Wikipedia page makes no mention of Greenwood or the Tulsa riot. Jones' films are said to be black and white. But this one appears to be color, suggesting it is not Jones' footage, or perhaps was colorized very recently. I also question whether the style of dress and style of vehicles is correct for the alleged time period. Furthermore, the audio track says the after-riot footage was taken for Fox News. Well I'm pretty sure that Fox News did not exist in the 20s. Television was not invented until 1927.

Filippa Leone says:

So terrible! It is damn if you do and damn if you don't. My mind is blown away at the moment, as I learn for the first time ever
(sorry) about this piece of History. Why don't we all go back to our continents of origin, and return the land to its original inhabitants?! More than ever, I understand why my reaching out to all parties of this great American tragedy has met with such resistance and backlash. When we cross the bridges of peace, let us not look down to the rivers of innocent blood flowing underneath. May we look up instead, and remember that the Kingdom of God is at hand. Evil and all who do it will be no more. Creation will be as God intended it. The Saints will return in great glory to inhabit a redeemed world. Tulsa will rise again!

Jonathan Collins says:

Don't ever be fooled into thinking White people have changed because they haven't. Now they use the police to massacre us, push drugs and guns into our community. And the uneducated fall for this killing each other.

Handsome Squidward says:

Is this negrotown as seen in key and peele?

Denise Harris says:

Thanks for sharing this!  It is so nice to see such rare footage, and in color!

Julian Harden says:

Is it true that OKC had airstrikes against them?

authentic selector says:

What does this prove … it's proves Martin Luther King was WRONG….and Malcolm X was RIGHT….HUMAN rights comes before CIVIL rights….

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