'It's hard to be here, but we are here': SF Black Wall Street expands its mission

It’s no secret the Black population is shrinking in the Bay Area. Latest Census figures say it’s at 6% in the entire region. Despite those declines, one nonprofit wants to expand in hopes of ...
Robb Report

Black Wall Street Is Alive and Thriving—and America Needs It Now More Than Ever

The course correction makes sense. Until just a few years ago, the story of Greenwood, as the neighborhood was called, wasn’t taught in schools or widely covered in the media, treated as something to ...
Forbes

Rebuilding Black Wealth: Lessons From Black Wall Street

In the early 20th century in the heart of Tulsa, Oklahoma, African American entrepreneur Ottawa W. Gurley defied the odds, purchased 40 acres of land, and built something extraordinary. The Greenwood ...
CNBC

More than 100 years since the Black Wall Street massacre, Tulsa is creating a haven for entrepreneurs

More than 100 years ago, the Tulsa community known as Black Wall Street was burned by a white mob in what would later be recognized as one of the worst racial massacres in American history. Against ...
Forbes

Inspired By Tulsa, Black Leaders Are Defining What Black Wall Street Means Today—In Its Many Forms

Grind Coffee Co.'s Black Wall Street Marketplace in action. Lakeysha Hallmon prides herself on following in the footsteps of O. W. Gurley, the founder of Tulsa’s Greenwood district, known as the ...
Essence

Black Wall Street Could Become A National Monument

More than a century after the nation's deadliest race massacre, the Senate is considering a bipartisan bill to grant national monument status to Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as "Black Wall Street." ...
The Root

America’s New Black Wall Streets: 10 Cities Where Black Wealth Is Booming

In American cities large and small, Black folks are building businesses, buying homes, breaking into high-growth industries and reclaiming economic ground long denied through generations of exclusion.
Rolling Stone

Trump’s Actions Have Sparked a Call for a Black Wall Street

Nathan Daye, 30, remembers the Ku Klux Klan parading through the streets of his hometown of Roxboro, North Carolina, in 2016 when Donald Trump won his first election. He wasn’t surprised; every few ...

A timeline of significant people, events in Oklahoma Black history

All-Black towns, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the Katz Drug Store sit-in. These are some of the events included in an ...
Artnet

The New York Art World Had High Hopes for Black Wall Street Gallery. Allegations Against Its Founder Have Soured Those Dreams

Time has been running out for Ricco Wright, the owner of Black Wall Street Gallery in Chelsea. In the past year he has received eviction threats from his landlord and warnings from lawyers ...
Variety

OWN Unveils ‘Rebuilding Black Wall Street’ Trailer With Morris Chestnut as Host, Sets Premiere Date (EXCLUSIVE)

The trailer for OWN’s forthcoming docuseries, “Rebuilding Black Wall Street,” featuring host Morris Chestnut has been revealed. Premiering on Sept. 29, the series will follow Chestnut and build teams, ...