During the years that followed the 1921 Tulsa Race massacre, white Tulsans did everything they could to oppress the surviving victims and prevent them from rebuilding the Greenwood District’s legacy as the pinnacle of Black excellence.
Development on the south side of Tulsa, Oklahoma, over the years has siphoned revenue from African American entrepreneurs, Greenwood District residents told The Mirror US.
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According to multiple residents who’ve lived in the area for a large portion of their lives, North Tulsa has a majority Black population, while the south side, where major development has occurred, has now been gentrified by white people.
Moreover, white-owned businesses have dazzled former patrons of Black Wall Street and effectively cut into the revenue of once-thriving shops.
“About 28% of residents in my district are at or below the poverty line. We have to start doing a better job at collaborating,” Wilson said. “The median average income of North Tulsa is $35,000. The median average income of the south side is $65,000. That means there is a large number of individuals there that make $100,000 or more.”
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Development has crept into North Tulsa in the past few years with the opening of the Greenwood Rising History Center, located just outside of Black Wall Street on North Greenwood Avenue. The City of Tulsa, using public funding and private donors, invested about $20 to $30 million into the project, which opened to the public in 2020.
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Despite the tangible effect on Black businesses in the area, Doswell believes the Black community can still benefit from the historical museum and other such developments.
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