“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”

As an Archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer, I have been re-examining historical and archaeological evidence in Tulsa’s Black Wall Street/Historic Greenwood District—focusing not on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre itself, but instead on the community’s rebuilding and resilience in its aftermath. Join me on a journey as we dive deeper into the archaeology of one of the most influential Black communities in American history!