'Rebuilding Black Wall Street' Trailer: Morris Chestnut Hosts Upcoming Own Docuseries On Revitalizing Greenwood
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00:00Welcome to Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is the historic Greenwood District, better known as Black
00:08Wall Street. A thriving African-American community, once spanning 40 square blocks.
00:14Greenwood was created because we were excluded.
00:17Until the massacre of 1921.
00:191,256 homes burned down.
00:21This history is recent enough that there are still free people who live through it.
00:26The spirit of Black Wall Street survived.
00:28And the story of Greenwood is finally being told.
00:31Today is the day.
00:34Teamwork.
00:35Our team of designers, builders, and experts are seeking out Black Wall Street.
00:39It's time to be celebrating the opening of a Black-owned restaurant in the middle of Greenwood.
00:49I'm your host, Morris Chespet, and together we are rebuilding Black Wall Street.
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