The following is an excerpt from Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires, by Shomari Wills, which details the origins of Black Wall ...
Discover the untold history of Black Wall Streets across the US, from Tulsa to Richmond, and how their destruction and impact ...
Many white citizens were beginning to resent their success. According to a 2005 report by the National Park Service, on May 30, 1921, a Black teenager named Dick Rowland, was accused of assulting ...