You don’t have to govern yourself that’s up there to let people know I’m not talking in terms of the world. When I talk about business it’s more catered toward how Black people can do for self. If I didn’t everyone would wonder why I state that I’m Black and include Black history in my explanations.

None of that was highlighted in the documentary I saw. I had wondered why it was called the “Black Wall Street” but never took the time to do my own research. I know it is not about some deep thing but looking things up for yourself.

And please understand that I do know this site is geared towards “REAL TALK ABOUT REAL MONEY THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WAY!” and I will govern myself accordingly in future

It’s not just a race thing as anyone who is doing better will have to defend their hustle against people who really hate you. I’m just glad you could see past it and not get caught up in feeling sorry. Sometimes we just have to start building again but this time keep a gun!

@Freedom – I just took the article primarily from the internet then I went to the Greenwood cultural center online and copied and pasted stuff to make it all succinct. I’m not a deep researcher as much as I just take about a week to put up some of the articles for Black History. I just want to make sure I put them up there the right way.

I guess you never know what people will discover because I wanted people to see what kind of businesses they had open. Stuff that we can do right now and really what I advocate on this blog they made a whole thriving community off of. I was more amazed with 30 grocery stores and a bus line! But that’s just me

We all know history keeps on making look like we were running for our lives. Like we didn’t have the same anger that you and I have right now for someone coming to take my stuff away from me. They want to paint us as docile so they can control your thinking when naturally you should get mad. Hopefully it makes people investigate 2 more articles deeper or at least go to the society that is trying to preserve the TRUTH!

@Carl – I’m with you I didn’t know they rebuilt either and now that I know it makes me look at that time in history a bit different. We just have to tell the truth by exposing one lie at a time. What’s shocking is our “so called” leaders have not investigated the truth for thierselves. The Blind leading the Blind!

I am glad you did do the research it makes me not even take documentary as the only truth.

I once ran a (primarily) Black Jazz and Blues club that was vandalized with racist graffiti after we’d closed.
The next day, when the owners showed up to open the place, I arrived to see them sitting in their car crying.
The club was down the street from a multi-million dollar (primarily white) entertainment development that was losing money.
As their partrons would pass by, they would see our lots full of Benzes, BMWs, Jags, Hummers, etc. all owned by our Black patrons.
(These were older Blacks who bought their cars with cash.)
After a while, many of the prominant whites started coming to our club and leaving the other (white) area to the kids.

After this, the owners wanted to close the club down.
I sent them home and opened the club anyway.
I called the local television and radio stations and the local news papers to give them a heads-up before calling the police.
Fearing embarrassment, the city had the building cleaned and repainted before we opened the next day.

Even though I finished my contract to run the club – I still enjoy it when some white people get mad that all these brotha’s are doing better than themselves (and for a lower start up cost).

@TrueMan – Well since I try to find them every Thursday it makes me go and do some digging on my own. So I enjoy somewhat forcing myself to know more than the average cat.

I don’t know about rap because cats can see when it’s phony from a mile away. The last one to do it was KRS-1 and that was during the era of those Africa pendants so the populace was ready to receive. We just have to start teaching our kids earlier because I don’t remember what the hell Albert Einstein really did and it’s significance but I remember his name. So we just have to start letting them identify with our own past and then they can dig deeper later.

Keep up the good work.

Well the type of businesses listed are consumer driven so I’ll give you that but you still need the businessman to open up shop! Restaraunts, hospitals, banks and grocery stores require a certain level of thinking on money. For cats to have private airplanes and a bus system requires real money knowledge.

I wanted to point out that these were NOT a bunch of cowardice Blacks who didn’t fight back! They built their own without worrying and even taking pride that they didn’t need white dollars to make it. They weren’t looking to do partnerships with Starbucks and bring them into their neighborhood. They had their own banks, grocery stores, law offices, libraries and hospitals without one white dime.

Whenever I tell people to do for self they always think I am so short sighted but we have our money and thus our own economy! The issue to me is gathering enough businessman and women to take over a area instead of just trying to get put on at the Bank of America building!