Categories: Entertainment

John Legend & Tika Sumpter Join Forces To Showcase Black Wall Street

An example of #BlackExcellence at its finest with Tika Sumpter & John Legend. Legend’s production company Get Lifted signed a deal with WGN America to develop a series entitled “Black Wall Street.”

WGN is the network that airs the slave escape show “Underground,” which “Get Lifted” is also a part of. The show ill be executive produced by Legend and Sumpter, and will focus on the Tulsa, Oklahoma neighborhood Greenwood, which is praised as one of America’s most successful Black commercial corridors. Greenwood was known as the “Black Wall Street,” but during that time in 1921, an armed white mob burned and looted it, killing hundreds of Black residents. Many African-Americans that built their own wealth and became financially successful, had been destroyed in an act of terrorist and racism. The homes of prominent African-American entrepreneurs, leaders, doctors and more were destroyed. Over 300 residents lost their lives and more than 9,000 were left homeless.

“We’re so excited to continue to grow our relationship with WGN America,” Get Lifted’s Mike Jackson told Deadline.
“Our experience working with them on Underground has been fantastic. Additionally, we’re looking forward to working with our friend Tika Sumpter to help tell this incredible story that many people know nothing about.”

 

Read about Black Wall Street Here: “The Destruction Of Black Wall Street” 

William Carter

Recent Posts

ESSENCE Festival of Culture® Unveils Evening Concert Series Lineup: Babyface, Jill Scott, Jazmine Sullivan & More

As the summer heat begins to rise in New Orleans, so does the anticipation for…

1 week ago

#NewMusic: MARIAH. and Raheem DeVaughn Turn Up the Heat with ‘Hold On Me’ (Act 2)

After the steamy success of their first collaboration, MARIAH. and Grammy-winning soul singer Raheem DeVaughn…

2 weeks ago

AFRO PREAK 2025: Culture, Community and the 150th Preakness Stakes Collide in Baltimore

AFRO PREAK is back and bigger than ever. As it enters its fourth year, the…

3 weeks ago

Keith D. Robinson joins cast of CBS soap opera ‘Beyond the Gates’ as Dr. Ted Richardson

Renowned actor and recording artist Keith D. Robinson will be making waves in daytime television…

3 weeks ago

Sold Out: Nas to Perform Illmatic with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Historic One-Night Event

Hip-hop meets high art this July as rap icon Nas takes the stage with the…

3 weeks ago

From Frances Thompson to Zaire: Iman DuPree Centers Care Over Conflict of Black Trans Women in ‘Love Me in the Light’

“Love Me in the Light” is a film set “against the dystopian backdrop of the…

3 weeks ago