Celebrating Tulsa's 'Black Wall Street' by rebuilding Seattle's Central District

Here's something you may not know about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921, K. Wyking Garrett told a crowd of Black business owners this week.

Within years of its destruction, its people had built it back stronger than before.

It could happen in Seattle’s Central District, too, he says.

For Garrett, the story of the Tulsa Massacre is a story of rebirth. He’s been thinking about how it applies to the Central District, which has gone from 90% Black to just 9% since its peak in the 1960s.

“The narrative was really that the ship has sailed for Black people in the Central District,” Garrett said. “We just didn’t accept that narrative.”