Mabel Bonner Little (1896–2001) was a Greenwood businesswoman and beauty salon owner whose property and business holdings exemplified Black economic success in Tulsa before the 1921 Race Massacre.
Mabel Bonner Little was a prominent businesswoman in Tulsa's Greenwood District, owning and operating the Little Rose Beauty Salon and accumulating significant real estate holdings. Her wealth and property ownership represented the economic power of Black Tulsans before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. During the massacre, her beauty salon and other properties were destroyed. She rebuilt her business and remained active in Greenwood and Tulsa community life.
Little's legacy is her role as a Greenwood businesswoman and property owner who exemplified the economic success of Black Tulsa before the 1921 destruction and her resilience in rebuilding afterward.
She owned the Little Rose Beauty Salon
She owned property in the Greenwood District
Her businesses were destroyed in the 1921 race massacre
She survived the massacre and remained active in the community
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