'I’m talking about what’s best for the Greenwood area': What the removal of a highway could do for Black Wall Street

StateImpact Oklahoma

English - August 24, 2023 13:00 - 4 minutes - 6.76 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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Tulsa’s North Peoria Church of Christ used to call Greenwood home. That was before I-244 displaced it and cut through historic Black Wall Street.

StateImpact’s Britny Cordera talked with State Rep. Regina Goodwin, who represents the area and attends the church, about its legacy and a planning grant to study the removal of the expressway.