The Largely Forgotten Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

Date:January 28, 2017 8:42 pm

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The Greenwood suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma disappeared overnight during the summer of 1921. Known as the “Black Wall Street,” due to being one of the wealthiest black communities in the United States at the time, Greenwood thrived as the home of Tulsa’s large African American community.

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