It’s a history so painful most didn’t or wouldn’t talk about it.But tough conversations are necessary for the Tulsa Race Massacre, whose violence eventually because the center of several lawsuits. By now, you’re aware of the horrors that befell the once-thriving Black community of Greenwood. During a time when racism was alive and legal, Black Wall Street created a world and walls where Black Oklahomans could thrive. Their own space was able to provide all-important services that outside were nearly impossible to receive without the threat of unfair treatment. So the residents were business owners, doctors, service providers and more. They did well.But that fateful day in 1921 changed everything the community worked so hard to build. Their homes, way of life and peace were demolished. Many lost their lives. What happened remained a secret for years. The magnitude of the violence was so great that victims opted to suppress the details. Eventually, the veil of darkness lif
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2021 marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre in the Greenwood District, also known as Black Wall Street. In 1921, this area was one of the most affluent black communities in the United States.
On May 31 and the early-morning hours of June 1, 1921, Tulsa exploded. Enraged by rumors a black youth sexually assaulted a white girl, a mob of several thousand white Tulsans orchestrated a violent attack on the Greenwood District. In 12 hours of violence thirty-five square blocks including more than a dozen churches, five hotels, thirty-one restaurants, four drugstores, eight doctorsâ offices, two dozen grocery stores, a public library, and more than a thousand homes were ruined.
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Tulsa Race Massacre 100th anniversary: Meet 10 Tulsans who are helping promote the history
TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) The Tulsa World recently talked to 10 Tulsans who, each in their own way, have committed to telling the story of Greenwood and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre while helping raise awareness of its too-long-ignored history.
50 years ago, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was a taboo subject when Tulsan Ed Wheeler set out to write an article ‘to find out what happened.’ He had no idea the threats and resistance he would face just for trying.
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