J. B. Stradford
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Stradford was born in Kentucky, a son of a slave. He made his money in
Tulsa with his rental properties and hotel, the largest African American-owned hotel in the United States. He was a lawyer, business man and political leader who represented the Greenwood residents on matters of community growth and development.
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"Seventy-five years after the fact and six decades after his death, a black Tulsa businessman has been cleared of wrongdoing in connection with one of the deadliest race riots in American history. " |