They're the remnants of what was once known as Tulsa's Black Wall Street, before one of the worst race riots in U.S. history. Much of this — 35 square blocks of it — made up Black Wall Street, a southwestern Harlem of sorts and home to a middle and upper class of 9,000 African-Americans. "How can we pay homage by building this community back up to what Black Wall Street was and embracing diversity?" Expand / Contract A memorial to Tulsa's Black Wall Street sits outside the Greenwood Cultural Center on the outskirts of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. "It's going to do something to help the black community; it's going to be something to help the kids," Knight said.

Source: Fox News February 22, 2017 22:41 UTC