The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is associated with Black Wall Street in which city?

• A. Harlem, New York
• B. Bronzeville, Chicago
• C. Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• D. U Street Corridor, Washington, D.C.

Answer: (C)

Black Wall Street identifies the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a thriving Black-owned business community in the early 20th century. The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 took place there, when a white mob attacked, burned, and destroyed much of that district, starkly recording the dangers Black communities faced despite their economic progress. The other places—Harlem in New York, Bronzeville in Chicago, and the U Street Corridor in Washington, D.C.—were important Black cultural and residential hubs, but the term Black Wall Street specifically points to Tulsa’s Greenwood District.