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Greenwood, Okla.: The Legacy of the Tulsa Race Riot
Editor’s note: Here’s the story of a sad chapter of American history, pulled from The Root’s archives. J.B. Stradford, the son of a freed Kentucky slave, rose to prominence in Oklahoma during the early 1900s as one of the key developers of the all-black Tulsa enclave Greenwood. A lawyer and businessman, Stradford owned the 65-room…
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