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The Black Wall Street App is the first Black-owned crypto wallet and designed to make crypto accessible to the Black and Latino communities. Co-created by actor Hill Harper and crypto entrepreneur ...
Black people have always been some of the world’s greatest innovators, and it’s past time we reclaim that narrative. Black Tech Street aims to show every Black person in America and across the ...
It might seem impossible to tell the history of Black people on Wall Street. That’s because the finance industry shut African Americans out of its executive suites and banking partnerships and ...
LAWTON, Okla.–Just before the start of Black History Month, students in southwest Oklahoma crammed into classrooms to learn more than just the tragedy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. They ...
The Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Okla., was so prosperous at the start of the 20th century that Booker T. Washington, the educator and author, called it Negro Wall Street, which later ...
Black CDFI CEOs embody the Black Wall Street mindset, as described by historian and author Hannibal B. Johnson which is a commitment to economic self-sufficiency, entrepreneurship, and community ...
At the turn of the 20th century, the thriving neighborhood of Greenwood, known as Black Wall Street, in Tulsa, Okla., was an epicenter of black wealth in the United States. From 1905 to 1921, it ...
A century ago, O.W. Gurley built an empire of African American businesses in Tulsa. Though it all came burning down in the massacre of 1921, new generations of entrepreneurs rose from the ashes.
Black Wall Street, located in the Greenwood neighbourhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was one of America's most prosperous business districts in the early 20th century.
The event’s organizers encourage everyone to attend and learn more about Black Wall Street’s next era. The weekend festivities will commence with a citywide meet-and-greet and comedy show.
Editor’s Note: Tyrance Billingsley II is a Tulsa native, entrepreneur and founder of Black Tech Street. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. One hundred years ago this month ...