Black Wall Street BALTIMORE MAIN STREET Pays Homage to 101st Commemoration of Tulsa’s Greenwood District

By bmorenews on June 1, 2022

101st commemoration of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, May 31-June 1, 1921

(BALTIMORE – June 1, 2022) – One hundred and one years ago right now, Tulsa’s Greenwood District had been utterly destroyed from above and below. Bombs were dropped on 36-square blocks of Black-owned businesses in Black America’s jewel of entrepreneurship.

Since 2011, BmoreNews.com has been celebrating Black entrepreneurs and professionals as well as the people who support them regardless of race. Over 1,900 have been recognized in at least 9 US cities.
To honor those ancestors who perished, Baltimore Main Streets & BmoreNews.com collaborated to recognize this 101st commemoration.

“Although we are forever pained by the horrific onslaught that resulted in the decimation of 36-square blocks of Black-owned businesses in Tulsa’s Greenwood District, we are also fueled by their accomplishments,” stated Doni Glover, publisher of Bmorenews. “If the people could build something so magnanimous back then, imagine what we can build today!”

Honorees included:

Baltimore Main Streets

Stefan Walker, Manager of Belair-Edison Main Street

Daniel Doty, Manager of Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street

Diana Emerson, Manager of Waverly Main Street

Baltimore City Government

Mia Blom, Director of Government & Community Affairs of Visit Baltimore

Baltimore City Small Business Owners

Candice Bruno, Owner of Old Major (Pigtown Main Street)

Tia Wilkes, Owner of Ohh So Sweet (Federal Hill Main Street)

Dr. Tammira Lucas & TeKesha Jamison, Owners of The Cube Cowork (Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street)

Christopher Batiste & Phillip Harris, Owners of Barbara’s Groceries