O. W. Gurley: The Visionary Behind Black Wall Street

5 mn readThe story of O. W. Gurley is one of vision, self-determination, and economic strategy in the face of systemic racial oppression. As one of the principal founders of Tulsa’s Greenwood District—later known as “Black Wall Street”—Gurley played a pivotal role in building one of the most prosperous Black communities in early twentieth-century America. His path […]