Greenwood Rising (Black Wall Street History Center)
History center of the Greenwood district, Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, destroyed in the 1921 racial massacre, with immersive rooms about the neighborhood before, during and after the violence.
Oklahoma · the United States
In the destination Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
In the photo: Urban landscape of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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The city
Second-largest city in Oklahoma, on the banks of the Arkansas River, which prospered from oil in the early 20th century and preserves Art Deco buildings downtown. It was one of the most important stops on Route 66. The Greenwood district, the Black Wall Street destroyed in 1921, the Philbrook Museum, the Gathering Place park and the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie centers are among the visits.
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The local experience
History center of the Greenwood district, Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, destroyed in the 1921 racial massacre, with immersive rooms about the neighborhood before, during and after the violence.
Art museum housed in the Italian-style mansion of an oil businessman from the 1920s, surrounded by formal gardens and about 10 hectares of wooded grounds.
About a 26-hectare riverside park on the Arkansas River, with adventure playgrounds, gardens, a boat pond, trails and sports areas. No entry fee.
Museum and archive of Bob Dylan in the Tulsa Arts District, with manuscripts, recordings, films and the musician’s belongings, next to the Woody Guthrie Center, which is dedicated to the Oklahoma-born singer.
Sculpture of a smiling blue whale about 24 meters long over a pond beside Route 66 in Catoosa, near Tulsa, built in the 1970s and a symbol of the highway.