Rare 1920s Footage: All-Black Towns Living the American Dream | National Geographic

[@tarachristine5727]

my family owned acres in texas.... the KKK ran them off it. AFTER they had got it producing immense crop of course. My aunts who STILL have the original deed tried to go to court to get it back and the judge basically told them (in the chambers) that they would most likely get killed if they continued to pursue it and for their own safety he advised them to just let it go. They tell us to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and when we do they take it all... smh but they never teach you THIS history in school

[@jairousparker2311]

TaraChristine, No and THEY never will teach our children. Why would or sould THEY? WE will have to TEACH. WE have always been OUR best lawyers, doctors, architects, engineers, teachers, electricians, plummers, craftman, police and firemen and the list goes on and on and on and on......Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes said it best and sung about the only solution, "Wake🎶Up🎶Everybody🎶".

[@Maaaattologyyyy]

Sorry to hear about that

[@thulasmash2195]

Hopefully y'all get that land back

[@cindyking7229]

That's alright the most highs judgment will right all the wrong that these edimites have done to our ancestors believe me it's coming

[@godsun6892]

*They are of their father the Devil*

[@heyheyhey40]

But you didn’t talk about how these communities were destroyed.

[@sarathewonderful7561]

ArtZ nerd seriously...

[@bernardwade8096]

@live life the Republican and democratic party use to be one party they on the same team when it comes to black people

[@joshbreidinger2616]

@live life You know that the Democratic Party and Republican Party switched, right? Why do you think that all of the descendants of the racist Democrats in the South vote Republican today and the descendants of the pro-abolition Republicans in the North vote Democratic today? Are you to tell me that it's just a coincidence that all of the most racist states historically once voted Democrat but now vote Republican? And these are the states that still have the most racism even today?

[@marcinna8553]

What I read was that the Depression killed off these towns -- it wasn't politics. A lot of people moved out looking for opportunities elsewhere and never returned.

[@joshbreidinger2616]

live life Explain why the South used to vote for the racist Democrats and now the South only votes for Republicans. And also explain why the North which used to vote for the non-racist Republicans now votes for the Democrats?

[@georgejgilles.3999]

This should be taught in our schools.

[@robertbalibrera2583]

George Gilles sounds like you're spreading enough hate already keep yourself stupid

[@TheTaekwon3]

Don't expect to be taught truth from the enemy

[@jody8526937]

Teach it yourself.

[@Infinite-zero901]

More like so people can learn real history not the myth of Chris Columbus 😂 finding America

[@P.ONSUREZ84]

THE PROBLEM IS OUR SCHOOLS TEACHES US , WHAT TO THINK. NOT HOW TO THINK.

[@romij8070]

They bombed those communities in Tulsa they forgot to teach us that in school

[@GoldenGod69]

Spoony G terrible metaphor

[@Princesss93]

Spoony G you have no clue what you’re talking about. Please don’t speak on issues that you’re unaware of.

[@turdferguson7105]

They tell you it was the past, and to get over it for the fact that they do not want you to remember what blacks can accomplish, and keep you ignorant. Why blacks had a hatred towards whites and why so many of them feel the way they do now.

[@geewhite2241]

Spoony G you are a troll and idiot so both of these attributes fit you well.

[@geewhite2241]

Marjorie Tillman, these people were Black Indians, the national guard was brought in to bomb them along with thousands of kkk

[@kierajae]

I can’t believe I’m just now finding this video! I’m from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it bothers me when people question if there are black people in Oklahoma. Of course! We are still here even after all the turmoil that has happened. I grew up in the area where Black wallstreet once stood (north tulsa) and after the massacre, many blacks stayed. It’s a poor area and never recovered, but just like the black community has always done, we continue to survive without much resources. I wish the history of black people in Oklahoma was more well known. Myself and many of the kids I grew up with survived the poverty and violence and made it to college (I currently go to Oklahoma state) and I’m proud to be from Tulsa and I hope to make my ancestors and my community proud by being successful!

[@ThatLadyDray]

I can relate. I'm originally from WV & I NEVER, not even in WV history classes, heard of Katherine Johnson. I'm like 🤔 So the Black Woman who helped us get to space & a native of the state couldn't be mentioned even to kids in WV? 😐😒 & people forget we live there too.

[@kimberlywilson8956]

You document that area, i would love all information i can recieve about my race,

[@countryboy6855]

I know huh like really okla,Tulsa was the alt back in the day All the rich blacks was there but they won't tell you about that. My friend parents was in that stuff she was one of the last people to tell her story he have a vhs tape on it, It's pretty good. I'm from a small-town black town called Langston so it's funny when i go out of state they ask if black people here like we have or had the most black town's in the U.S. lol

[@shaniewestllc]

@@countryboy6855 I would love to see this video. Please reply if you ever put it on KZbin.

[@shaniewestllc]

I'm proud of you. Do everything they say you can't. I know you are making our ancestors proud.

[@LordHaveMurcielago]

300+ black owned business destroyed in a matter of days. The black dollar was circulating 12 times over within the black community in those days. The black deli owner would buy from the black farmer who would in turn buy from the black hardware store owner. There was a solid support system in place.The dollars stayed in the community. There were no chinese restaurants or middle eastern owned bodegas for our money to escape to or through. No Korean nail salons or chinese hair care stores. I’ve always felt that desegregation was a ploy to gain access to the black dollar and more and more it’s starting to look like MLK was their paid puppet (either knowingly or unknowingly). Black businesses in places like Tulsa were doing international trades with Canada in those days that’s no small feat.

[@jetsjetsjets1044]

I Agree. Mlk was a puppet.

[@nicolesright4800]

Well said

[@deebsooreal]

Never forget though that they didn’t kill MLK until he started talking about black economic equality...

[@lashondahaddock_staff-mill419]

MLK was not the puppet you think he was.. look at his message after Vietnam starts... Look at his poor people campaign...

[@geraldpierson2970]

My friend it's called Group Economics which they don't teach in the public schools anymore. I remember my grandparents telling me about the Black Wall Street. When blacks had capital.

[@MrDFJohnson]

Soooo ... black men marrying black women, forming strong black families and loving, supporting and protecting them. How odd that these traits led to financial and cultural strength. Duhhh. But when we build a strong self-sufficient community to shield us from this nation's racism and hatred, they destroy it.

[@grayman735]

Yes duuuuuuh🤔

[@romieeley8106]

UNTIL....

[@aMANuhtah]

D. F Johnson imagine

[@NoName-ot8kl]

Don’t get me started on this...

[@loualbino5536]

@@romieeley8106 Until nothing. Do it again today. Nothing is stopping you but yourselves.

[@mba5]

It’s footage like this that needs to be released in it’s entirety.

[@k.t.a.Blessed]

This is what we need not these political movements

[@danishbutter1847]

@JustJ WhoIsAsking a non-allegiance movement

[@Anon1370]

yeh including the part where the towns where burned to the ground once the whites gathered together when they accused a black boy of doing something to a girl within the town...hmm yesss i heard about it

[@jamesfranko1568]

@@Anon1370 Exactly and America is still by far the best country on earth which is why African Americans refuse to leave US while actaully Africans desperately dream in moving to US including yourself 🇺🇸 🫵🍔

[@marjorjorietillman856]

@@jamesfranko1568. We can’t leave, because our people’s sweat and blood is in the soil of America! And we built the foundation and infrastructure of America. We put it on the global map and it has been second to none, since then!❤

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

This is beautiful, seeing my People do what they do, which is succeeding against all odds

[@terrenceperkins5282]

We can do it again !!!! The sell out have 2 go 1st make 1 nation stop being part of other nations

[@yir9383]

So true...Remarkable & Awesome!

[@jonesfredrick94]

That's nothing if were not Still fighting to this day, we need to get started again today

[@David.lovesU]

Phil Collins against all odds

[@joepiedepoepie7973]

@@terrenceperkins5282 haha.When and where do you start?

[@soulsista1223]

They didn't like that we were doing just fine without them.

[@dewittheard1479]

You are sooo right. We should make a New Black Wall Street.

[@bigballer1399]

DeWitt Heard that’s exactly what we need to do. Unify, and pool our resources together to create our own. This most likely won’t happen, but that’s exactly the remedy.

[@Auld17]

Well said sister! You should go back to Africa!

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

@Soul Sista#1: This WHOLE continent was doing good before the [original] Europeans landed in the Americas in 1492. None of us came from Africa! In fact, that wasn't that continent's name back then. We are the true "Indians" that was found here.

[@queofques32]

They learned and TOOK from US! Some still do by coming and monitoring our comments, videos, blogs etc. Still discovering thru the most creative minds AA.

[@AR-uz6kq]

WoW...you can see the 'black pride' and self confidence in their faces (especially the men). Kids are happy, playing together.everyone looking out for the each other....this was PARADISE!! Then the demons came and burned their homes while 'murdering' most of the men out of plain JEALOUSY!!

[@sunnyedaize1262]

That's not "black pride". People didn't think like that back then. What you're seeing is humans living in unquestioned comfort and freedom as all people should be able to.

[@queen_giaa62]

@@sunnyedaize1262 What you are seeing sir, is black pride.

[@prestoncrawford2934]

The KKK and other DEMOCRATS have the same high opinion of themselves, regarding other whites, as well as blacks. Many people just don't know that it's a class thing...the global "elite" certainly had plenty to do with slavery and mal treatment of more than one race or class of people. It's called greed, jealousy and hate.

[@yir9383]

Speak on it!

[@nickybrown5091]

@@sunnyedaize1262 you are 1000% right and correct this is how it was and still should be this is natural people living , getting alone with one another ,looking out for each other and the children as a whole community this is who you were back then as a people, now look ?? Stupidity have stepped in a long with the manipulation and deception

[@rooseveltdumornay4954]

It's just goes to show you that even under the harshest circumstances black people thrived and prospered.

[@sheldoncooper0]

Yeah Somalia a real great place to live...

[@apo5895]

@@sheldoncooper0 just like Eastern Europe . Poor whites who don’t have money

[@tbwms3243]

@@sheldoncooper0- It may be, but we'll stay in the country that we helped to build.

[@sheldoncooper0]

@@tbwms3243 Hahahaha, yes definitely blacks have contributed a lot to the great United States of America. You guys invented electricity, the light bulb, the motor cars, the internet, the television, space flight, Apple, Google, KZbin... Oh wait...

[@tbwms3243]

@@sheldoncooper0- Yes, we do have a number of inventions under our belt, but I was speaking about the multi-million dollar economy we built in the south (primarily during slavery) with no pay.

[@cjezinne]

This town is remarkable... until the Tulsa Race Riot happened and burned all this progress to the ground. And just like that, they were back to being poor & homeless...

[@mesosjar]

Wow. Legit racist.

[@rzrselliott]

I wish the op's comment was a subjective view point. It really happened though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot

[@lettie131]

AI Webb there were a few million people living here before Europe "found" it! Now if I came up to you and took you things saying I "found" it should that make it legally mine? So your ancestors stole someone else's land, killed almost all of them off for protesting, then made "laws" to protect and keep it from generation to generation, and no one should mention that?!

[@noid7500]

@Juan Richardson why you here😂😂😂😂

[@baddestfemaletaurus5347]

Chidubem Ezinne Tulsa Oklahoma baby

[@jamesdean1695]

Didn't learn this in school

[@jameswatts6878]

Because they don't want us black people to know about our true history...intergreation was a trick

[@bettythomas8660]

Your not meant to!

[@Amos_Israel]

@BenTheBoss you don't have to and hes talking the trutu of people being racist to use dont support us your not our people you dont care in the first place so hes not complaining and Idc

[@YouTubeExplore777]

It's fake history. Schools dont teach pseudo history.

[@00II0]

The level of ignorance racist people display is so astonishing that actually records and documentaries still are omitted truths. That right there is a serious mental illness/disease...

[@comparedtowhat2719]

The group of children playing just adorable.

[@tr377723]

In spite of all the oppression look at how well put together our people were back then, look at how well dressed and business oriented they all were. Just trying to live a good clean life. It's so beautiful and encouraging to see how we cared for one another back then.

[@catherinealexis9459]

What is sad is that a lot of us don't know our history in North America and the Caribbean where I am from. About the great things our ancestors did and strives they made.

[@brandy1883]

Whatever, your history, is our history. We are all one big family. Share your history.

[@inca4397]

@@brandy1883 no.

[@bushwacka5187]

@@inca4397 I agree, no.

[@mufasa1794]

@@brandy1883 no. Fba are different

[@mufasa1794]

@@inca4397 agreed

[@JadaPanadaaaa]

Honestly this had tears in my eyes it’s amazing to see what it was like when my great great grandparents grew up in communities like these

[@theruddyone6443]

positive. mostly peaceful

[@reg_00008]

They have stolen so much from us 😢

[@Maynard-il1yj]

@@theruddyone6443 😂

[@cristyluv1205]

Kinda makes you wonder..... what are they afraid of? Why is every attempt black people take to better ourselves always destroyed and allowed to be ripped from us? Is there something about us I don't know?

[@bobbybabylon1385]

smarter people fled usa for countries with human rights people in usa have never had

[@Ryder_Rek]

Cristy Luv Most black people I talk to don't take the time to think about that exact question, you're the type of girl I need in my life lol.

[@rashadshabazz5818]

Cristy Luv it's right there in your bible psalms 82 6 and John 10:34 but people not peeping game

[@Finalize777]

When we better ourselves, they lose theirs

[@Finalize777]

We the black followers of the most high

[@reakwonnji]

Once they found out we can do without them they got scared.

[@jgmoffat8274]

ohsevenone don’t think these people were playing the victim in the video you dummy

[@TriniGamerGirl7]

ohsevenone racist and biased POS

[@cecegiles4583]

@ohsevenone suppression brought blacks to that point.

[@eddiemontgomery7088]

True

[@primumdiscenti]

@Your Name Here you open to know why or do you have ur answer to the question already

[@kimberlymcdonald7405]

These black men and women exudes excellence.

Exude, no need to pluralize it. Uless uz beez hood talkin yo.

[@csmith2971]

Josh Rick Who cares about English ? Really don’t deceive yourself the only reason people entertain such a language is because of the status of America Of which on the backs of a people who weren’t even allowed to read at one time was built.... Smh

Black MEN built that. ALONE. The women leached, as usual.

[@jaydub8596]

@you speak that language real well. Let you tell it snowchimp, thats where ebonics come from..your people.

[@marceldemarr4190]

@ There is a star out to get you.. worry about that

[@jazmynbrown6820]

Most of my family comes from Oklahoma, so I'm proud to know that some of these people talked about in the film could be my family members from the past! 😊

[@jameswatts6878]

True fact's

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

@Jaznyn Brown: You should be proud to know this is the birthplace of your progenitors you're NOT African related at all.

[@myrnadavis2409]

Alright now I'm an Okie too 🙂 Love my people and no telling who we are related to since slavery broke up and separated so many families

[@TheKbg045]

Being racist is just a sad excuse for those who are not happy with their lives

[@TheKbg045]

Smh

[@dothedeed]

No - its about tangible things like who gets a job, who gets power and wealth, whose children get to achieve their dreams and who gets to live in a healthy beautiful community. Feelings are way down on the list.

[@SomebodyPerfectly]

Racism is mostly based on being afraid of the unknown. I don't really know how you picture rascists but they're not a bunch of retards, they're mostly normal people, no mental illness needed to fear change

[@SpicyGelato98]

Oh, the irony...

[@anniem.8803]

dkamb88 I am unhappy in my life, but it doesn't make me racist.

[@melissallab7983]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ I wish our black communities would build another civilization like those times

[@mansamusa1452]

The Time is Now we would and will we're doing it now join the movement and start building your legacy that will be reduplicated and pass down it starts with one dream and one desire you can do it queen

[@prozombie6768]

Won’t happens we can’t even get along as a people. We fear each other.

[@onecooldude954]

@@prozombie6768...exactly.

[@chrisrobinson8339]

@@prozombie6768 which needs to stop. You are not my enemy.

[@thebrotherfromanotherplane297]

@@chrisrobinson8339 Yes it needs to stop of course. But is it going to stop or are we going to try and stop it?

[@gwennethbryant5850]

OMG we need to have more information about our ancestors. Thanks for posting i have sent the link to my family.

[@WisePhenomenal]

History repeats itself.... and We shall do this AGAIN ~

[@Oc4ever12]

So true!!!☺☺☺☺

[@allmightlionthunder5515]

why not try and fix Detroit first

[@bobackland1467]

Sure lol

[@najwamagersbey6964]

Again , so shall it be. Ameen.😏

[@shagar5448]

When Christ returns we'll repeat, this world is a wrap bruh.

[@robertneeley4135]

Jealousy and envy produces hate and destructive behavior , especially among those who fear genetic annihillation💯

[@karenhetherington9358]

Don't forget ignorance too!

[@robertbalibrera2583]

very intelligent statement

[@stevewoodson4635]

Diagonally . terminology is still one is a way to get everything done by Friday vv. Thanks so much for your help and have to be at u you think e and the skyguys and I will use the update and for all your help

[@ROYALP100]

That statement says it all my friend.

[@vergespierre4271]

I agree- but why are they jealous?; Once we know our true story, then it all makes sense. and a psychological shift brews- we are under a spell, as we know- psychological chains

[@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557]

So black people made more money an did better when they were segregated? That's what I take from this 🤷

[@Zion_1010]

Yup thats why the Most high told us to always be seperate from everybody.

[@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557]

@@Zion_1010 😝o so world means other nations means other races? That's what I take from this,,, maybe the ones outside the 12 or 13 Bible tribes?

[@Zion_1010]

@@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557 Yes! The Torah speaks of different nations, basically different races. You read the Torah?

[@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557]

@@Zion_1010 IAM a different type of thinker,no I don't subscribe to Islam

[@Zion_1010]

@@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557 Its not Islam. We as the chosen are not of any religion. We have a special relationship with the Most High and His Son. The Torah/Scroll/Instruction is the original Bible before things were altered and tooken out. If you really want knowledge on this, this is for your soul and most of all your relationship with the Almighty YAH. Start with The Seed of Israel Videos. I first awakened with his videos, but of course all the credit is to The Most High. Start from there and come back and tell me how you feel.

[@themoregrouprichmond]

Integration was a trick

[@jameswatts6878]

Yes it was...true story

[@raramuri100]

@@jameswatts6878 do u know who was behind the intergration movenent?

[@letshearit6219]

What exactly do you want?

[@antwoneshareal1956]

Agreed

[@chrism7163]

@Tia J he also said he still believed in his dream and still has hope in the full video

[@Chidulo]

When David Chapelle once said that his great grand father was a wealthy man...I believed him

[@sharksport01]

First self made female millionaire in america was black, over 100 years ago.

[@billion86]

@@sharksport01 What's her name? Mary Ellen Pleasant?

[@sharksport01]

@@billion86 Madam C.J. Walker.

[@Vampiria000]

This was truly beautiful thank u

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

It was like this all over America, sis. This is the land of our progenitors!!! We are not African related people.

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

@@ameriqueindienindigene9096 America is the Land of the Serpent. Figure out what that means and you won’t be as lost as you are. You think we were hunter gatherers or something else stupid but I guarantee you that we were magicians.

[@lowtech5380]

Black students in public schools need to see this. Slavery couldn't even stop our resolve.

[@menofbronze6884]

& This is only second and third generation of free Americans. Racism is about wealth, power, political influence. We were rising fast. yt didn’t like that.

[@ceeceetracey9839]

@@menofbronze6884 THANK YOU. Thats what needs to be taught to our young generations today. That we are only two and three generations removed from slavery and look at what we've achieved. BUT ALSO our young people need to know that so they understand that we still have a lot of catching up to do so do not SETTLE for where we are today. There's more for us out there.

[@smokeabaguhthat5443]

We were doing this BEFORE slavery fam

[@QueenBthatsMe777]

You put this short doc exactly on what the focus should have been on.... the things we can accomplish if we ever learn to stop hating on one another! Wish it was a bit longer

[@mercyis4theweak238]

We were doing so well back then.

[@yalexander9432]

+Dave Kemp racist alert

[@sulaymanjallow7869]

AI Webb if you're more evolved why do we have 100percent human dna and physically superior?

[@mesosjar]

Well that's ignorant of you. Skin colour is based on where we live. Those who live near the equator have darker skin to survive the intense sunlight. Those who are near the poles have lighter skins. So technically speaking, black people are more stronger than white people in skin factor.

[@rzrselliott]

nobody has 100% human dna dumbass

[@rzrselliott]

You're black by default, buddy. You come from a single point in Africa nearly 70,000 years ago. Refrain from using insults, it portrays the image of an individual who does not possess the intellectual capacity to provide a basis for a strong argument.

[@maybaby2013]

Incredibly interesting. Wish there was a longer clip. Would love to learn more

[@aliciapinkcotarot]

We need to bring this back

[@marceldemarr4190]

😘👊🏿

[@mynmhsnvwls1124]

I want it back

[@vetrurs]

Nahhh you idiots

[@thecraplordsell4575]

@@mynmhsnvwls1124 are you racist

[@caseclosed9342]

Vote Republican.

[@listentoomeeh]

Sad we lost it all I know our ancestors are rolling in their graves

[@listentoomeeh]

Lone Cheetah we still in slaved

[@jazminember2350]

@@listentoomeeh you right but this is just mental slavery and we torn by that...physical slavery is going to worse than our ancestors

[@tinaf600]

We didn’t lose it; it was taken from us 😞

[@pinkskincanthandlethesunli6508]

@@tinaf600 💯

[@AGENT-dl2lu]

@@tinaf600 amen

[@webbgems67]

The Gap Band song "you dropped a bomb on me" is about how the enemy came and destroyed their community. Facts!

[@muskegontribune]

@ItzMikeOmg I had to illustrate this to an assoiciate of mine that said the same thing. I asked him to read the lyrics and show me any historical references...

[@webbgems67]

@Van Tastic not me. that's your great grandma you talking bout 👵factz. 😂😂😂

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

@@webbgems67 how he switched kkk for baby.. It's soo obvious now.

[@webbgems67]

@ItzMikeOmg not my fault you are third eye blind dunce brain 🧠

[@entensevibez]

This footage is beautiful

[@CraftyMarieArts]

They need to show this more. Thanks so much for sharing this!

[@angied.6874]

I wanted so see so much more of this. Love it.

[@tr377723]

I luv my people so much. It's hard to watch that. Knowing how great we've always been and still having to endure so much hate.

[@tonybrown5173]

Yes I love my people. Long suffering to the end. Eventually this will all seem like a dream.

[@allencompassingevil]

"No, I do not weep at the world-I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife”. Zora Neele Hurston

[@crazybastard2.041]

Stop trynna be the victim

[@spaceghost1670]

So basically that dude went around spying on black communities and recorded a lot of intel

[@gregoryross9770]

I kind got that feeling to bruh.....

[@Angela-ny9di]

@Sarah R It was a Black videographer. I read about him.

[@peterthegreat6732]

Beautiful Black history ... clean and prosperous ...

[@themrjones]

I love seeing old video of anything.

[@joaquinblanco1516]

Incredible, thanks NGC

[@yo-yolanda4654]

Thank you for posting this, it came up in my recommendations. I ♥️ this. I wish we could go back to this.

[@stefanhouston8616]

We are doing now . Peace and love family . You are loved and cherished

[@ritamo68]

Tears.....Thank you for sharing.

[@dorislee8459]

This is sooo powerful. What powerful people we are.

[@homer1075]

Before Dad was replace with government, Thank you for posting this!

[@Denise6000-cs4mo]

Whites set up the social conditions for him to be replaced though.

[@koyowens1397]

LOVE THIS VIDEO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THIS

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

I love, love , love seeing videos like this I would appreciate the whole documentary

[@PHlophe]

Auntie Glo. ur cute

[@glorymosbyfloyd3878]

@@PHlophe Auntie Glo🙄🤣🤣🤣

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

Love? What’s is there to love about this knowing that so many of us were slaughtered in those times?

[@ludirty748]

Segregation was the way, for us. Intergration was sent to us!!

[@jameswatts6878]

Intergreation was a trick

[@gullahjack4887]

Integration was the only way to enslave us economically and spiritually. Their goal was to destroy our economic block and destroy the Aborigine(Black-American) business.

[@jayjimenez3453]

Today, Blacks want to live in segregated dorms on many college campuses. I wonder who are the haters now....

[@A-RedHerring]

@@jayjimenez3453 Nice try, but remember blacks didn't start this.

[@rrajeshkumar670]

@@jayjimenez3453 As Hispanics are not segregated ....lmao!!!

[@ZachVanHarrisJR]

Makes the heart smile, peace and one love ✌❤🤗

[@sonnygallo5662]

Yeah and who stopped these thriving towns from being ? Where's the REST of the story ?

[@sunshine1287]

Thank you for posting!

[@sussekind9717]

great video. I never knew about the black townships in Oklahoma. Very interesting.

[@lifebeautifulsimplewithken8371]

This is where “Black Wall Street “ took place until the town was numbed and burned down by the devils offspring. Google Black Wall Street in Tulsa, OK

[@marceldemarr4190]

There are many other than this one city

[@kelvinreed8229]

2000 Barrels a day was alot in the 20s and it's alot today.

[@tygur23]

My great grandfather Benford owned a whole town in alabama once the state deemed him too powerful the state and federal government slowly picked him clean of all of his land and establishments thru illegal taxation and banking practices

[@tmantman6896]

what was the name of the town in Alabama

[@aperxmim]

The National Geographic channel will never tell the whole story,

[@cheesebeef4902]

This happened to my grandpa and his land he wouldn’t leave.he told the klan he prefer death to running.and I still have one of the 1863,38 Winchester rifles that my grandpa and our relatives had for protection. But the clan never came thank God because the klan would have won.

[@A-RedHerring]

They were cowards even with numbers.

[@jalonimilonmorris527]

@dwone jones Exactly

[@billion86]

Maybe they wouldn't have won.

[@blueballedtech]

Only a 1:45 I need to see the full footage. It was so beautiful and inspiring.

[@aGwEENapple]

Beautiful footage. I wish this story was told more. The stories of overcoming the pain. It's sad because I forget about this!

[@dragonknightofamiraka3636]

Beautiful? To seem them moving in a path to upward mobility filled with hurdles.

[@rolaine733]

I almost cried, it was almost like the pains of slavery kept us together. It just seems the more freedom we had, the more divided we became. Super sad for our people for so many reasons.

[@b.clear.323]

Every living breathing individual,needs to see this footage.allow yourself to be educated.truly.

[@BeautyLuvsMii]

This footage is beautiful. We can definitely get along, live, & thrive as a people. I love us for real

[@philipfranklin8273]

WOW this information was very inspiring helpful and beautiful.

[@kimmurrell7971]

Yes its beautiful.

[@july172]

Through this video you can feel the peaceful serenity

[@kimmurrell7971]

True.

[@chiquitabonita3018]

These are the towns of the west portrayed in cowboy movies, but without the black faces.

[@mjgfromthed674]

Yes. My husband and I discussed this yesterday. After the civil war where did all the free slaves go? Here! But their stories are not told. We need this for our people again.

[@kyekye2K]

See how decent,United, hardworking and well organized they were back then. Being direct descendants of slaves no one worked harder than them. The biggest motivation here was now they were working for themselves and not for slave masters so they worked even harder. You can see that they lived in families too. They were responsible men and women. The hardworking farmer with his wife quenching his thirst for him. The break up of the family is the beginning of the end. Jesus said in Matthew 12:25 that " every house divided against itself will not stand".It brings tears to my eyes when I contrast it with what's going on today. These folks will be turning in their graves if they saw how their descendants have turned out. Where did it go wrong? So sad to see even as an African living here. How I wished this video was longer. How I wished it was shown around the projects for the people openly boasting about doing time in the "PEN" to see how progressive their forefathers were. Cry the beloved race !

[@great159]

GREAT SPEECH!👏

[@mzeasha2]

A lot of trolling under this video. Every time a video makes me smile I scroll down to see the REAL in people’s minds and hearts. I gotta stay away from the comment section 🤦🏾‍♀️ process your thoughts below 😐 I’m glad my faith keeps me and not yall🤪👊🏾✌🏾

[@francenastewart8645]

mzeasha2 Amen Sister

[@POFs_Tuxedomask]

mzeasha2 don’t scroll

[@tiffanytiffany4564]

Yes hun. they are everywhere.😂😂how miserable can one be lurking around on different videos to spread their hate.lmao. I actually have a little petty for them.

[@reneedennis2011]

Thank you for showing this!

[@domingodelgadillojr.68]

Now I'm happy to see this kind of story people need too look up their own history. Become knowledgeable and no one can take that from you

[@monicapascal7367]

So good to see my people thriving and flourishing. We can do it again - don't give up, we are overcomers!

[@whitley17]

I didn’t search for this video 🤎😪 Wheeeew, the timing 😩😫

[@MrTwenty20video]

Thank you for presenting this history video.

[@DJUniMekaju]

Wow. This was amazing to learn. I am proud they were able to accomplish these feats.

[@supajoc4352]

Them devil's couldn't stand my people doing good and they couldn't achieve what my people could.

[@felishapittman2778]

We need this back...😔 2020...

[@FAMEROB]

in corners of the USA this does exist

[@ataturkturk4life248]

That video moved me, greetings from turkey, the new generation needs to learn

[@oppong2010]

We need to refrain from saying African Americans

[@ericwilliamson5508]

Black. Its. That simple

[@oppong2010]

@@ericwilliamson5508 that has no legal standing either...Nationality

[@CyberThug1080i]

We are Africans.

[@javonsmith6802]

And BLACK claim that and its like u already dead on paper, that's how the police get away with laying us down like carpet. You can't kill what's dead legally on paper

[@Kattywampus]

THINK ABOUT IT.. if we were from Africa, how come no one has ANY stories or culture or songs passed down? How come no one can tell you what country in Africa we're supposedly from? How come if you talk to your great grandma, she will tell you what "Indian" tribe her grandma was from? Just an observation.

[@noeleverett5235]

Facts that are not taught in your local public school. I surely wasn't informed, until later in life.

[@gettinghealthyval]

When we live separate and not segregated it’s a beautiful thing.

[@alicesbeloved4109]

Wow. What history I never learned including in an HBCU. Awesome resource & news.

[@motomookie8032]

Been watching us close ever since. 😂😂

[@ameriqueindienindigene9096]

Every since they were shown how to get here in 1492.

[@JulianPhotofit]

That’s so beautiful and heartbreaking. 🖤

[@bluedoggg1]

They've always needed us more than we've needed them.

[@cynthiastevens8302]

Great video!!!

[@armoriya]

Sad to see that our American dream has now become an American nightmare.

[@accaricuvell8624]

spanish rampage Aren’t those Mexicans who do that?

[@RyanSmith-uw2ni]

@Mr. Devon Slavery ended in the 1800s. If you're in the US you've been free for years, to make something of your life. I grew up in poverty. But I made something of myself. It's a choice.

[@mynmhsnvwls1124]

FUN FACT: Cops were HEROS back then

[@ettecolllove6313]

This is such a beautiful image just peace and happiness, thriving and successful black people💕 love it thanks for sharing!

[@fl35m]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@kimmurrell7971]

Awesome video Thanks National Geographic.

[@soshirkuh1501]

Where did all this go? Is there a full documentary about it Black Wall Street and communities in that era pls

[@Cng215]

It was bombed sanctioned by the u.s government.

[@mynmhsnvwls1124]

USA is going down every day

[@richmondwotters]

When “they” tell you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, so you do. Then they get envious and just take the boots. Classic example of good ole fashion American tradition.

[@lettucelettuce7960]

i live in oklahoma and we haven’t been taught about this ???

[@lettucelettuce7960]

i think we should learn about this, it’s history

[@dipojones]

Because the same people that destroyed this town, wrote your history.

[@jameswatts6878]

Because they don't want us to know about this

[@lasetlivingstin7752]

I hate to hear that...I learned of this @ least 15 yrs ago & I'm in the South...

[@kivloli8385]

plus we had a lot of Kingdom like Kingdom of Kongo,Luba kingdom, zulu Kingdom, Kingdom of Buganda, Great Zimbabwe,Kingdom of Dahomey< Kingdom of Benin, Kingdom of Ghana, Kingdom of Askum, the Black Egyptians RT america made a video about them called 4000yo painting unearthed in america the black moors the Haplogroup E1b1a and E1b1b came from E1b1 who was present in the middle east those fake arab and fake jew-ish aren't native to that and so the Persians were black, the Medes, the Assyrians, the Sumerians, the Chaldeans, the babylonians, the Israelites and all the kingdom that were in that part of the world we are waking up that's why they call themselves britt-ish,span-ish,dan-ish and e.t.c because they were all black moors.

[@Roda45Crossfit]

More!!! More!!! We want to see more videos like this!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@Octorock48]

Life before government dependency and the breakdown of the black family, sigh.

[@tarachristine5727]

life before that same goverment bombed and burned this town in tulsa known as little africa/ black wallstreet to the ground.

[@studmalexy]

@@tarachristine5727 why do blacks constantly vote democrat?...you know the definition of madness right?

[@stopurcrying1671]

@@studmalexy zip it troll.

[@starling9172]

Sorry,but that happened because if slavery

[@starling9172]

@@studmalexy Yes, what's going on in our nation's capitol

[@parxcel777]

Jealousy killed the dream. The reason she didn't focus on the destruction is because she wants us to focus on that we did it once before, WE CAN do it AGAIN.

[@e.m.p.3394]

I'm from Florida Y'all ever heard of a little town called Rosewood?

[@marceldemarr4190]

There were many brother

[@drefields4727]

the Rosewood massacre

[@keegancrichlow8391]

Watching this clip and learning about what happens after got me thinking about that.

[@tatek6602]

Beautiful video.