A two-day-long white supremacist terrorist [12][13] massacre [14] took place in the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma 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, [15] attacked black residents and destroyed homes and businesses.

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,...

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 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.

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.

tulsa race massacre. Believed to be the single worst incident of racial violence in American history, the bloody 1921 outbreak in Tulsa has continued to haunt Oklahomans. During the course of eighteen terrible hours on May 31 and June 1, 1921, more than one thousand homes and businesses were destroyed, while credible estimates of deaths range ...

May 30, 2021 · The Tulsa Race Massacre stands out as one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history—and, for decades, it remained one of the least known.

Jan 10, 2025 · 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 …

May 24, 2021 · The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 killed hundreds of residents, burned more than 1,250 homes and erased years of Black success.

Feb 27, 2025 · This report documents and reviews horrific crimes that took place more than a century ago, when white law enforcement and residents coordinated an attack on the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.