By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal and Guide
This year, the nation is observing the 100th anniversary of the destruction of a prosperous Black community in Tulsa called Greenwood and known as “Black Wall Street” in 1921.
The Tulsa story serves as a viable example of how envy and fear led to mob violence by whites of African American social, cultural, and economic prosperity and independence during the time of Jim Crow isolation and segregation.
Continue reading Part 1: The Lincolnsville Story - Portsmouth Community Typified How Prospering Black Economies Declined at The New Journal and Guide.