29+ History Of Greenwood Oklahoma Images. The greenwood district in tulsa, oklahoma, grew into the most famous and prosperous black urban community in however in 1965, edward goodwin sr., founder of the oklahoma eagle newspaper, opted to purchase a few spared blocks of land in order to preserve some of greenwood's history. Race relations, destroying the once thriving greenwood community.

The greenwood district was once one of the most affluent african american communities in the united states with a population of over 10,000 people.

Greenwood, arkansas has a rich heritage as a small town with big ideas. As one of the most successful and wealthiest black communities in the united states during the early 20th century, it was popularly known as america's black wall street until the tulsa race riot of 1921. December 14, 2009 | history. Today we've got the last of three episodes we're doing out of tulsa, oklahoma, where in 1921, a white mob destroyed the black neighborhood of greenwood.