[Ads-l] "Black Wall Street" (Not in OED)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Bonnie Taylor-Blake posted a terrific collection of citations for this
topic back in July 2026:

Black Wall Street (Negro Wall Street; Colored Wall Street)
https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2026-July/169578.html

Also, see the other messages in the thread.

Garson

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM Shapiro, Fred
<00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> Black Wall Street (not in OED)
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> 1926 The Broad Ax (Chicago) 18 Dec. 2/3 (Newspapers.com)  It is reported that the diamonds and pearls worn dimmed the lights in, the magnificent
> dining room of the Morrison Hotel.  The guests present represented the "black Wall Street" of Chicago.
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> 1979 Tulsa World 14 Jan. 2 Section G (Newspapers.com)  Until about 30 years ago, recalled Charles H. Lewis, the area of Tulsa centered at Greenwood Avenue and Archer Street was referred to as "Little Black Wall Street of America."
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> NOTE:  Tulsa is often said to have been the "Black Wall Street" prior to the horrific massacre there, but I did not in fact find contemporaneous use of the term.
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> Fred Shapiro
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