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REMEMBERING
& LIFTING THE
PINNACLES OF
BLACK SUCCESS



BY SUPPORTING OUR BLACK

WALL STREETS & H.R.40 




OUR BLACK WALL STREETS :




BIRMINGHAM, AL


WILMINGTON, NC


RICHMOND, VA


COLUMBIA, SC


MOUND BAYOU, MS


TULSA, OK


DURHAM, NC


























BOLEY, OK




BLACK WALL STREETS
THRIVED BY MAKING ROOM
FOR BLACK PROMINENCE

With few safe spaces for Black banking,

farming and business, Black people

created safe havens to meet economic

and financial needs of their communities.



Color of Change is uplifting  our Black Wall Streets and calling for a
reparative investment to help reinvigorate the

spirit of the pinnacles of Black success.

HISTORY






BANKING & FINANCE

Durham, NC housed the richest Black owned company, 

The North Carolina Life 

Mutual Insurance Company.


EDUCATION

Tulsa's Greenwood district had the first Black nationally known school system.


HOSPITALS

Columbia, SC ; Tulsa, and Boley, OK had several Black owned medical facilities
to serve their communities.



1890'S





1900'S













 ENTREPRENUERSHIP

Columbia, SC boasts to have had hundreds of Black business owners (barbers,
grocery stores & funeral homes).


HOUSING & COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Birmingham, AL offered many Black architects & construction companies.


BLACK ENTERTAINMENT

Tulsa's Greenwood district had two Black owned theaters for Black entertainment.


BIG INDUSTRY

Boley, OK had a Black owned electrical plant, Ice plant & water system.





SIGN OUR PETITIONS:

 


#REPARATIONSNOW


REPARATIONS
FOR OUR BLACK
WALL STREETS!

The Black towns that housed thriving Black businesses, banks, services, and
homes became known as Black Wall Streets. Since the early part of the 1900s,
Black Wall Streets existed throughout the country, most namely areas of the
South. With few safe spaces for Black banking and business, Black people created
safe havens to meet economic and financial needs.

Sign The Petition





#REPARATIONSNOW


STAND WITH JUSTICE FOR GREEENWOOD

Tulsa's leaders repeatedly denied reparations to the descendants and survivors
of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Now, on the 100th anniversary, the Centennial
Commission and city received $30 million for its celebration. We're demanding
they give 80% to those still waiting for justice. 

Sign The Petition





#HR40


TELL CONGRESS YOU SUPPORT
H.R. 40

As H.R. 40 was first introduced 33 years ago, with only two hearings since its
introduction, we will not allow this latest hearing to be the end of the
conversation and for justice to be held off any longer. We simply cannot wait.
Call your representative now to demand that they cosponsor H.R. 40.

Sign The Petition





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