100 years after the Tulsa Race Riots left hundreds of Black bodies scattered and the thriving entrepreneurial district of Black Wall Street burned to the ground, a new chapter is being written by those most connected to its legacy. Black Tech Street, founded by Tyrance Billingsley II, is part of a new global technological hub for Black entrepreneurs in the city of Tulsa, carrying a heavy and heated torch.
“What could Black Wall Street have been, had it been supported and not destroyed?“ Billingsley asks 3BL CSRWire reporters. “When I thought about the level of tenacity that it took for these entrepreneurs to build these incredible businesses during Jim Crow, it really reminded me a lot of the tech industry.”
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