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A 3 page paper which examines the book Riot and Remembrance by James Hirsch and looks at a section that deals with the Great depression in Tulsa. No additional sources cited.
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book discusses the history of Tulsa, Oklahoma as it relates to some powerful race riots that seemed to alter Tulsas region for many decades afterwards. One of those decades was
the 30s when the Great Depression hit the nation, and the world. The following paper loks at what Hirsch has to say about the Depression in his work.
Riot and Remembrance and the Great Depression Prior to the 30s, as noted in the introduction, some very powerful race riots erupted in
the Tulsa area. Then it seems that when things settled down, at least for a while, businesses prospered, although there was still a great deal of disparity in the communities.
Hirsh states, "the thriving business district masked deeper problems in Greenwood, some of which stemmed directly from the riot. The community rebuilt rapidly for the purpose of shelter; shacks were
made of crates and other threadbare material" (174). All African American people were required, by law, to live in this district and many people were essentially crammed into a very
small region of the area. They were incredibly overpopulated and it is believed that more than 10,000 African Americans lived in the region. Such conditions were not good with the
Depression looming on the horizon. Hirsch tells the reader that when the Depression did come to the region Greenwood was devastated as the wages for all black people were
cut drastically. This further reduced "the revenue that fueled the other businesses" (174). He then offers up a story of one woman, Mabel Little, who owned a beauty shop and
was about to lose her house because she was behind on payments. The bank, however, helped her out so she could keep her house, reducing her payments as well. But,
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