Until recently, many Americans had never heard of the Greenwood District of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was once one of the largest Black communities in the United States. It was destroyed in 1921 during what the Oklahoma Historical Society calls the “single worst incident of racial violence in American history.” Before 1921, most of Tulsa’s 10,000 African Americans lived in the neighborhood. The Greenwood District included successful Black-owned businesses, two newspapers, several churches, a hotel and library. Some called Greenwood ‘the Black Wall Street,’ because it was so financially successful. Riots started in June of 1921 after a Black teenager was falsely accused of attacking a white woman. An armed mob took over the Black area, stealing, and setting fire to homes and businesses. When the riots ended, almost all of Greenwood’s homes and businesses had been destroyed. An investigation carried out in 2001 found that 168 people died in the violence. But other reports say the number is much higher as many as 300.
Title: What Was Black Wall Street?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4552/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='What Was Black Wall Street?' data-article-id='5079'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11396'>Until recently, many Americans had never heard of the Greenwood District of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.</span> <span data-start-time='11396' data-end-time='19604'> It was once one of the largest Black communities in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='19604' data-end-time='36104'> It was destroyed in 1921 during what the Oklahoma Historical Society calls the “single worst incident of racial violence in American history.”</span> <span data-start-time='36104' data-end-time='47292'>Before 1921, most of Tulsa’s 10,000 African Americans lived in the neighborhood.</span> <span data-start-time='47292' data-end-time='62292'>The Greenwood District included successful Black-owned businesses, two newspapers, several churches, a hotel and library.</span> <span data-start-time='62292' data-end-time='71750'>Some called Greenwood ‘the Black Wall Street,’ because it was so financially successful.</span> <span data-start-time='71750' data-end-time='84813'>Riots started in June of 1921 after a Black teenager was falsely accused of attacking a white woman.</span> <span data-start-time='84813' data-end-time='94771'> An armed mob took over the Black area, stealing, and setting fire to homes and businesses.</span> <span data-start-time='94771' data-end-time='104167'> When the riots ended, almost all of Greenwood’s homes and businesses had been destroyed.</span> <span data-start-time='104167' data-end-time='115396'>An investigation carried out in 2001 found that 168 people died in the violence.</span> <span data-start-time='115396' data-end-time='122875'>But other reports say the number is much higher as many as 300.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4552/A.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15943 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4552/where_is_the_greenwood_district_located.wav'>Where is the Greenwood District located?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Tulsa, Oklahoma'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4552/mobile_alabama.wav'><span>Mobile, Alabama</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4552/tulsa_oklahoma.wav'><span>Tulsa, Oklahoma</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4552/greenwood_mississippi.wav'><span>Greenwood, Mississippi</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4552/trenton_new_jersey.wav'><span>Trenton, New Jersey</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question 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