Acclaimed Black Wall Street Documentary Featured in AfroPoP Digital Shorts Series
More stories about the history and impact of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre are being highlighted in the latest mini documentary being featured in the AfroPoP Digital Shorts series. “Descended from the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street” features descendants of Greenwood business owners and residents, with them going into detail about […]
Hughes Van Ellis, One of the Last Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre, Has Joined the Ancestors
He fought until the very end. Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has joined the ancestors, Black Enterprise reports. In two days, white mobs burned down what was once the prosperous, Black segregated Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The arson destroyed 40 square blocks and […]