![]() "Over time, we think it would have compounded to over $100 million," says John W. Today, Stradford's great grandson is a well known Black investor in the modern Wall Street, and he remembers the emotional – and financial – impact the riots had on his family. The attacks in Tulsa a hundred years ago killed hundreds and destroyed scores of businesses in the then thriving neighborhood known as Black Wall Street. It all vanished in the space of a couple of days. He owned several businesses and his Stradford Hotel was one of the the largest Black-owned hotels in the United States. ![]() Stradford was a pillar of Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood in 1921. Rogers tells NPR about the emotional and financial impact the Tulsa riots had on his family. John Rogers, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, stands for a Bloomberg Television spot in Atlantic City, N.J., July 22, 2013. ![]()
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