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For this Black Wall Street business, it's time to "pass the torch on to another entrepreneur"
by
Sean McHenry
Mar 11, 2024
Venita Cooper made the decision to sell her sneaker store, Silhouette Sneakers & Art. "There's a certain type of person that it was important to me that they would take over Silhouette," said Cooper. "And to me, it's someone from Tulsa, from North Tulsa, who has roots here."
On Tulsa's Black Wall Street, shop owner finds inspiration in local sports history
by
Sean McHenry
Jun 15, 2023
Venita Cooper, owner of Silhouette Sneakers & Art, recently released an apparel line inspired by the Tulsa Fast Breakers.
A Tulsa sneakers store plans for a year of uncertainty
by
Sean McHenry
Feb 28, 2023
For Venita Cooper, owner of Silhouette Sneakers & Art, business is up. But will it last? "The big challenge is just trying to keep engagement," she says.
A sneakers store builds a bridge where Black Wall Street once stood
by
Sean McHenry
Dec 15, 2022
Venita Cooper says Silhouette Sneakers & Art is "destination retail." But the store is helped by tourists visiting the historic site.
To narrow racial wealth gap, Biden plan takes aim at home appraisal inequality
Jun 1, 2021
Homes in most white neighborhoods are worth an average of $250,000 more than those in mostly Black and Latinx neighborhoods.
TikTok fans and K-pop stans deluge Trump campaign with bad data
Jun 22, 2020
While it's unclear whether the social media campaign affected turnout at the president's Tulsa rally, fake signups to campaign events can corrupt data used for voter outreach.
In Tulsa, evictions were a crisis even before the pandemic
by
Amy Scott
Jun 19, 2020
A new effort taps behavioral science to keep more renters in their homes.