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Rare 1920s films of All-Black Towns “Living the American Dream,” filmed by Solomon Sir Jones

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In 1921, the neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was a bustling and prosperous community filled with Black-owned businesses. “The numbers are astonishing,” explains historian Scott Ellsworth. “Thirty restaurants, 45 groceries and meat markets. There were dry goods stores, milliners, a photography studio, dental offices…” Greenwood also included banks, hotels,...

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