Tulsa 1921

Tulsa 1921 Massacre Black Wall Street Movie 

Grindaholik media had the pleasure to assist award winning director Marlon Ladd in filming a historical feature about Black Wall Street, the Tulsa Massacre of 1921. We completed a short film about a while back (see the video on this page).

This is a story that most people do not know about. The Greenwood District, also known as Black Wall Street, was at the time, the most successful African-American town in the entire United States. It was a completely black owned area and included hospitals, movie theaters, stores, churches, an airport, private planes and more. It was destroyed by an angry white mob over jealousy and their attempt to lynch Dick Rowland, a black man accused by a white woman of sexual assault. The black community stood up to protect him and a shootout occurred that preceded the destruction of the entire community. The people of Greenwood fought valiantly, but in the end they were outnumbered and outgunned. Even still, they were heroes and that part of the story needs to be told.

Check out the short film and be on the look out for the full length coming soon.