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Tulsa race massacre
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Survivors From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Seek Restitution
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Tulsa race massacre of 1921: The painful past of 'Black Wall Street' | USA TODAY
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Greenwood and the Tulsa Race Riots | BOSS: The Black Experience in Business | PBS
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Footage of the Prosperous Greenwood and the Tulsa Massacre | Smithsonian Channel
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Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre file lawsuit | GMA
The Tulsa race massacre took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US. Alternatively known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, the event is considered one of "the single worst incident[s] of racial violence in American history", and is believed to be one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of the United States. The attackers burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighborhood – at the time one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States, known as "Black Wall Street".
Background
Encounter in the elevator
Newspaper coverage
Stand-off at the courthouse
Taking up arms
Violent outbreaks
Wednesday, June 1
Fires begin
Daybreak
Attack by air
Franklin's account
Arrival of National Guard troops
Casualties
Identities of the Black victims
Public Safety Committee
Rebuilding
Tulsa Union Depot
John A. Gustafson
Breaking the silence
Olivia Hooker
Eldoris McCondichie
Lessie Benningfield ("Mother Randle")
Hal Singer
Vernice Simms
Search for mass graves
Reconciliation
Survivors' lawsuit
Renewed calls for restitution
President Biden's visit
Present-day Black Wall Street
Literature
Film and television
Music and art