Black Wall Street was a wealthy and prosperous Black business district in Tulsa, Okla., in the early 1900s. A White mob carried out the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, burning over 1,400 homes and ...
Afro: Beyond Tulsa: Uncovering America’s forgotten Black Wall Streets and their legacies today
“Beautiful, bustling, and Black”—that was how author, attorney, and activist Hannibal B. Johnson described Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District in his book “Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance ...
Beyond Tulsa: Uncovering America’s forgotten Black Wall Streets and their legacies today
FOX 5 Atlanta: Founder of New Black Wall Street in Atlanta, Bill Allen, has died
ATLANTA - The New Black Wall Street in Atlanta mourns the loss of businessman Lecester "Bill" Allen, who passed away last week at the age of 80. Allen founded the Black-owned market space by ...
Founder of New Black Wall Street in Atlanta, Bill Allen, has died
Black Enterprise: Atlanta’s New Black Wall Street Founder, Bill Allen, Dies At 80
Allen first launched the New Black Wall Street in 2021 within the Atlanta suburb of Stonecrest. Lecester “Bill” Allen, the founder of the New Black Wall Street in Atlanta, has died. His family ...
11Alive: Visionary founder of New Black Wall Street Market dies, family says
ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta family is mourning the loss of the visionary founder of the New Black Wall Street Market, Lecester "Bill" Allen, according to his family. He was 80. Family said he died last ...
WSB-TV: Funeral plans announced for New Black Wall Street Market founder Lecester ‘Bill’ Allen
Funeral plans announced for New Black Wall Street Market founder Lecester ‘Bill’ Allen