Photo Sources

Tulsa, OK skyline with overcast sky.

Downtown Tulsa

Aero View of Tulsa, 1918; drawn by T. M. Fowler; Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division. Black and white.

Tulsa Library

Part of Greenwood District burned in Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, June 1921.

PBS News

Tulsa, Boston Avenue looking North from 13th St, June 1950.

Decopolis

"Little Africa on fire, Tulsa Race Riot, June 1st, 1921" written on a black and white photograph of the smoky scene.

New America

The Williams family, pictured in an automobile from the 1920s. A black man and woman (John and Loula Williams) in the front row, with a small black child in the back row. The Williams family owned several of the businesses destroyed in the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Tulsa Library

Street signs of the current Black Wall Street. The 4 street signs read: "Black Wall Street", "Archer", "Greenwood", "Historic Greenwood Neighborhood, Black Wall Street, Est. 1905".

NPR Code Switch

Pedestrians crossing Archer Street in downtown Tulsa in early 2021.

PBS American Experience

A vintage postcard of Tulsa that reads "Main Street, looking North, Tulsa, Okla.-18". Cars line both sides of the street and an American flag is atop the skyline.

Card Cow

A vintage postcard from 1933 that reads "Main Street, looking north, Tulsa, Okla".

Ebay

A mural in Greenwood, picturing various scenes related to Tulsa and Black Wall Street, such as oil rigs and a variety of different Black men.

Urban Institute

Quang Vuong