Goin Back to TTown

Goin Back to TTown tells the story of Greenwood an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa Oklahoma that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation Torn apart in 1921 by one of the worst raciallymotivated massacres in the nations history the neighborhood rose from the ashes and by 1936 boasted the largest concentration of Blackowned businesses in the US known as Black Wall Street Ironically it could not survive the progressive policies of integration and urban renewal of the 1960s Told through the memories of those who lived through the events the film is a bittersweet celebration of smalltown life and the resilience of a communitys spirit