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Jack like " this cac " .....On December 26th in the year 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns. For years America would not show this image of a black man knocking out a white man.
Bass Reeves, the real Lone Ranger. Bass Reeves was the first African American commissioned to serve as a deputy marshal west of the Mississippi River. He brought to justice over 3,000 criminals and killed fourteen outlaws during his years as a marshal.
Everyone has heard of Black Wall Street.Meet the founder, O.W. Gurley.
In 1905 Gurley and his wife sold their property in Noble County and moved 80 miles to the oil boom town of Tulsa.Gurley purchased 40 acres of land in North Tulsa and established his first business,a rooming house on a dusty road that would become Greenwood Avenue.He subdivided his plot into residential and commercial lots and eventually opened a grocery store.
As the community grew around him, Gurley prospered.Between 1910 and 1920,the Black population in the area he had purchased grew from 2,000 to nearly 9,000 in a city with a total population of 72,000.The Black community had a large working-class population as well as doctors, lawyers,and other professionals who provided services to them.Soon the Greenwood section was dubbed “Negro Wall Street” by Tuskegee educator Booker T.Washington.
Greenwood, now called Black Wall Street, was nearly self-sufficient with Black-0wned businesses, many initially financed by Gurley,ranging from brickyards and theaters to a chartered airplane company.Gurley built the Gurley Hotel at 112 N. Greenwood and rented out spaces to smaller businesses.His other properties included a two-story building at 119 N.Greenwood,which housed the Masonic Lodge and a Black employment agency. He was also one of the founders of Vernon AME Church.
In 1905 Gurley and his wife sold their property in Noble County and moved 80 miles to the oil boom town of Tulsa.Gurley purchased 40 acres of land in North Tulsa and established his first business,a rooming house on a dusty road that would become Greenwood Avenue.He subdivided his plot into residential and commercial lots and eventually opened a grocery store.
As the community grew around him, Gurley prospered.Between 1910 and 1920,the Black population in the area he had purchased grew from 2,000 to nearly 9,000 in a city with a total population of 72,000.The Black community had a large working-class population as well as doctors, lawyers,and other professionals who provided services to them.Soon the Greenwood section was dubbed “Negro Wall Street” by Tuskegee educator Booker T.Washington.
Greenwood, now called Black Wall Street, was nearly self-sufficient with Black-0wned businesses, many initially financed by Gurley,ranging from brickyards and theaters to a chartered airplane company.Gurley built the Gurley Hotel at 112 N. Greenwood and rented out spaces to smaller businesses.His other properties included a two-story building at 119 N.Greenwood,which housed the Masonic Lodge and a Black employment agency. He was also one of the founders of Vernon AME Church.
The first recorded mention of all-Black hockey teams appears in 1895. Games between Black club teams were arranged by formal invitation. Following the matches, the host teams often entertained the visiting squad with an after game dinner. By 1900, The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes had been created, headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... The league would exist until the mid-1920s.Historically speaking, The Colored Hockey League was like not other hockey or sports league before or since. Primarily located in a province, reputed to be the birthplace of Canadian hockey, the league would be in time produce a quality of player and athlete that would rival the best of White Canada. Such was the skill of the teams that they would be seen by as worthy candidates for local representation in the annual quest for Canadian hockey''s ultimate prize--the Stanley Cup.
