Cyclists depart on 1,600-mile journey to bring awareness for Black entrepreneurs | News

TULSA, Okla. — On Saturday morning, hundreds of cyclists rode 15 miles around Tulsa. Osborne Celestain, executive director of Community Light, said it was all to remember Black Wall Street.  “Black Wall Street was a tragedy in 1920s and a lot of people died here on wall street,” he said. For eight cyclists, this was just the start of a 1,600-mile journey to New York City’s Wall Street. Osborne said it’s a 35-day journey.  “We are going to go from Oklahoma eventually to Joplin. Joplin to St. Louis, St. Louis to Indianapolis. Indianapolis to Pittsburgh,” he said. Osborne is doing the full 1,600 miles.  “It’s a bold goal, but we do big things by breaking down in small pieces,” he said. Dwan Dandridge, CEO and co-founder of Black Leaders Detroit, said the goal of the ride is to bring awareness to black entrepreneurs.  “As we think about black people trying to create wealth, historically there’s always been success, but behind the success there’s been intentional efforts to try to distribute wealth that black people have been creating ,” he said. Dandridge said in every city the cyclists stop in, there will be conversations.   “We will be talking to people in those cities and discussing race equity. What does it mean to be good neighbors to one another despite our differences, so again we will be diving deep kind of quickly,” he said. Dandridge said you can support them in many ways, including riding along with them or donating.  If you would like to donate to the cause, you can find out how by clicking here.

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