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The Griot is the storytelling and community voice of New Black Wall Streets Across America. Explore history, learn what is happening now, and find people and resources that help us build what comes next.
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She never forgot, neither will we.
1914 - 2025
A living witness
Viola Fletcher
Viola Fletcher carried the memory of Greenwood’s destruction for more than a century and spent her later years asking for repair. Her story reminds us why the Griot tells American history with truth, clarity, and dignity. We will keep pressing for accountability while building the businesses, institutions, and collective strength our future needs.
Featured research story
History & Heritage
Research, memory, and cultural preservation.
One complete story. It follows the records of Indigenous presence, enslavement, family ties, imposed racial labels, and Freedmen citizenship, and asks who had the power to define people on paper.
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NEWS & PROGRESS
Updates from NBWSAA and communities.
HISTORY & HERITAGE
Research, memory, and cultural preservation.
BUSINESS & OPPORTUNITY
Black-owned businesses, resources, and paths to opportunity.
Aboriginal Freedmen Chronicles
One complete, evidence-led American history story following named communities and records through Indigenous presence, enslavement, family ties, racial classification, and Freedmen citizenship.