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Apr 08, 2024

The Aftermath of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot - Part 1 - Tulsa Series

As agencies across the nation attempted to reach out and send aid to the victims, leaders of the Tulsa community leaders turned it away.

Apr 04, 2024

Destruction of Black Wall Street - 1921 Tulsa Race Riot - Part 2

The citizens of Greenwood lost their homes, family members, possessions, businesses, churches, and most ironically of all – their freedom. They had become prisoners of war in their own community.

Apr 01, 2024

Destruction of Black Wall Street -- 1921 Tulsa Race Riot - Part 1

Mob Had Bigger Things in Mind Throughout the night and into the early morning hours of June 1, 1921, Greenwood citizens tried to sleep, but intermittent gunfire prevented any real rest. Most were confident that things would cool off and...

Mar 25, 2024

Greenwood’s Day of Infamy - The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

No One Will Ever Know May 31, 1921, was Memorial Day – or Decoration Day as it was often called in that era. A parade marched through the streets of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. North of the city, in the all-black,...

Mar 21, 2024

Tulsa Race Riot -- Social Climate in Tulsa in 1921 -- Tulsa Series

Booker T. Washington high school, built in 1913, had grown into a three-story, sixteen-room brick building. On May 31, 1921, the seniors were in a flurry of activities getting ready for their prom. Sadly, that prom never came to pass.