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 ...

Mar 8, 2018 · During the Tulsa Race Massacre, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma over 18 hours on May 31‑June 1, 1921.

Jan 21, 2025 · The Tulsa race massacre of 1921 was one of the most severe incidents of racial violence in U.S. history. It occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Beginning on May 31, 1921, and lasting for two days, it left between 30 and 300 people dead, mostly African Americans, and destroyed Tulsa’s prosperous Black neighborhood Greenwood.

May 31, 2012 · On the morning of May 30, 1921, a young black man named Dick Rowland was riding in the elevator in the Drexel Building at Third and Main with a white woman named Sarah Page. The details of what followed vary from person to person.

The Tulsa Race Riot Commission was created by the Oklahoma Legislature in 1997 under HB 2468. The mission of this organization was to study and provide a report of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 that would also help to give reparations for the …

Over the next six hours Tulsa was plunged into chaos as angry whites, frustrated over the failed lynching, began to vent their rage at African Americans in general. Furious fighting erupted along the Frisco railroad tracks, where Black defenders were able to hold off members of the white mob.

May 30, 2021 · In 1921 it was destroyed by a white mob. Get the facts on the attack and subsequent coverup. Updated: May 1, 2024 | Original: May 30, 2021. The Tulsa Race Massacre stands out as one of the worst...

As city streets throbbed with protests (and what some might call uprisings) during the summer of 2020, two science fiction dramas recalled the massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which took place 100 years ago this spring.

Jan 10, 2025 · The Justice Department issued a report today on the Tulsa Race Massacre. The report documents the department’s findings, made during its review and evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre, undertaken pursuant to the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act. The Civil Rights Division previously announced it was undertaking this review during a Cold Case …

In 1921, one of the nation’s worst race massacres destroyed the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of Black Tulsans. The tragic events took countless homes and businesses and led to the destruction of one of the largest, most affluent and prosperous Black communities in America. “Truth. The truth. Our truth.