# Greenwood District

Place · [Tulsa and Oklahoma ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa)

Also called: Historic Greenwood District, Greenwood, Black Wall Street, Greenwood Tulsa, Greenwood neighborhood, Black Wallstreet

A historic district in Tulsa, famous as Black Wall Street, that grew in the early 1900s into a busy center of Black-owned businesses and culture. Much of it was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and today it has restaurants, shops, art and the Greenwood Rising history center. For [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) it is a reminder of Tulsa's long history of Black entrepreneurship.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) visiting Tulsa spends an afternoon in the Greenwood District, eats at a local restaurant and tours Greenwood Rising to learn the history of Black Wall Street.

Official site: <https://historicgreenwooddistrict.com/>

## Connects to (7)

- [Startup ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/startup-ecosystem): The people, money and organizations in one place that help new companies start and grow.
- [Founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder): A person who starts a company and owns part of it from the beginning.
- [Black Tech Street](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-tech-street): A Tulsa organization that works to revitalize historic Black Wall Street, the Greenwood district, through technology and innovation.
- [Black Wall Street Chamber of Commerce](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/black-wall-street-chamber): A membership nonprofit in Tulsa that supports Black-owned businesses in the region.
- [OSU-Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/osu-tulsa): Oklahoma State University's downtown Tulsa campus, in the Historic Greenwood District, which offers OSU undergraduate and graduate degrees…
- [Greenwood Griot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-griot): A Tulsa tour company that leads walking tours and indoor presentations on the history of the Greenwood District and Black Wall Street…
- [Greenwood AI Center of Excellence](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-ai-center): Black Tech Street's Tulsa initiative for AI capacity, education and innovation.

## Sources

- <https://historicgreenwooddistrict.com/>
- <https://www.visittulsa.com/blog/post/tulsas-historic-greenwood-district-itinerary/>
- <https://tulsa.okstate.edu/conference-center>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/greenwood-district