Sample of Reverend Harold Anderson's Black Wall Street Film: 1948-1952
Almost lost in a devastating house fire, Anderson's film recognizes the efforts and successes of the community. With his camera he showed that by the 1940s Black Wall Street once again was home to active African American-owned businesses. He made a special effort to document the neighborhood’s barber shops, groceries, taxi companies, jewelers, and other enterprises. He also captured its citizens in church, at school, participating in parades, and on the streets of the area. Further reading: http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/black-wall-street
