Tulsa race massacre - Wikipedia
The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, [12] was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist [13][14] massacre [15] that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, [16] attacked b...
‘Black Wall Street’ Before, During and After the Tulsa ... - HISTORY
May 24, 2021 · Historic images of Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood district reveal how the 1921 mob attack devastated the nation's Black cultural and economic mecca.
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre - Tulsa Historical Society & Museum
May 31, 2012 · Following World War I, Tulsa was recognized nationally for its affluent African American community known as the Greenwood District. This thriving business district and surrounding residential area was referred to as “Black Wall Street.”
Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’ Flourished as a Self ... - HISTORY
Sep 4, 2019 · Before the Tulsa Race Massacre where the city’s Black district of Greenwood was attacked by a white mob, resulting in two days of bloodshed and destruction, the area had been considered...
Tulsa Race Massacre ‑ Facts, Photos, Coverup - HISTORY
Mar 8, 2018 · During the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred over 18 hours from May 31 to June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood...
Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years later: Why it happened and why …
May 28, 2021 · Just decades after slavery in the United States left Black Americans in an economic and societal deficit, one bright spot stood out in Tulsa, Oklahoma — its Greenwood District, known as the...
Justice Department Finds Tulsa Massacre Was a “Coordinated, …
2 days ago · The report documents events between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when “white Tulsans mounted a concerted effort to destroy a vibrant Black community, remembered today as Black Wall Street.” The violent attack by as many as 10,000 white Tulsans that destroyed Greenwood was “so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence.”
Tulsa race massacre of 1921 | History, Commission, Deaths, Facts ...
3 days ago · The massacre left somewhere between 30 and 300 people dead, mostly African Americans, and destroyed Tulsa’s prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood, known as “Black Wall Street.” More than 1,400 homes and businesses were burned, and nearly 10,000 people were left homeless.
Justice Department Announces Results of Review and Evaluation …
5 days ago · The report documenting the department’s findings on the Tulsa Race Massacre, examines events that occurred between on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when white Tulsans mounted a concerted effort to destroy a vibrant Black community, remembered today as …
The 1921 Tulsa Massacre - The National Endowment for the …
Watchmen and Lovecraft Country, both on HBO, filled television screens with imagery of Tulsa’s Black neighborhood of Greenwood—Booker T. Washington nicknamed it Negro Wall Street, which morphed into Black Wall Street—as it was shot up, torched, and bombed from the air by white vigilantes.