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The history of Tulsa’s thriving Greenwood District is brought to life in a new TV series that includes rare, amateur footage of the affluent African-American community.

Forgotten in an attic for nearly eight decades before it was moved to the Yale Beinecke Library, the footage will be shown in the Smithsonian Channel’s new series: “America in Color.”

The series documents American life from the 1920s to the 1960s using original footage that has been restored and colorized. It is set to premiere at 7 p.m. Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel. Cox does not carry the network, but it is available on both satellite providers.

John Cavanagh, executive producer of the series, described the footage of Tulsa’s Greenwood District as “a glimpse of a life that most Americans are not familiar with.”

The footage was shot by Solomon Sir Jones, a Baptist preacher and amateur filmmaker who moved to Oklahoma in the late 19th century, Cavanagh said.

“He caught some incredible images of sort of slice-of-life street scenes of what life was like in Greenwood,” said Cavanagh, who believes this will be the first time the footage has been shown on TV.