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What happened in 1921 Tulsa when a Black man named Dick Rowland entered an elevator where a white woman was serving as elevator operator? Why did the Black residents of Tulsa s thriving Greenwood District become the target of angry white mobs, resulting in one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history?
Plenty of Americans have sought out answers about the massacre that was kept out of history books for decades. Dwight said he was one of the people who hungered for Black history because he grew up without knowledge of such things and didn t know about iconic Black historic leaders like Harriet Tubman until he was in his 40s.