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Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District was once characterized by bustling streets with hotels, theaters and doctors offices, restaurants, nightlife establishments and more, it later became known as “Black Wall Street.” one of the most prosperous African-American communities in the United States.The creation of the powerful black community was intentional. In 1906, O.W. Gurley, a wealthy African-American from Arkansas, moved to Tulsa and purchased over 40 acres of land that he made sure was only sold to other African-Americans. On May 31, 1921 a white mob attacked black residents and destroyed homes in businesses of the Greenwood District, known as the Tulsa Race Riot. The incident is considered the single worst incidents of racial violence in American history. The attacks burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighborhood – at the time one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States, (238) “Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy” – YouTube