From what incredibly limited research I have done (literally just asking ChatGPT), it seems like they actually set up mutual aid networks in Tulsa. But I just want to know the general analysis of Black Wall Street.

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Go watch these two videos on Black Wall Street:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LaxQ2EEMtE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztp0LC9Hb3c

    The show notes also have a pdf of the report done by the Oklahoma Commission on what transpired: https://www.okhistory.org/research/forms/freport.pdf. The last pages of the report are especially illuminating because they're maps of what happened.

    it seems like they actually set up mutual aid networks in Tulsa.

    Nah, that's not true. The videos go over how Tulsa being a Black Wall Street is a myth that's completely overblown. Most Black residents there were poor workers.

    • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      The videos go over how Tulsa being a Black Wall Street is a myth that’s completely overblown. Most Black residents there were poor workers.

      well, i guess it's important to know that they weren't even "rich" when the white lynch mob burned their homes to the ground.