Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years later: Why it happened and why …
May 28, 2021 · Just decades after slavery in the United States left Black Americans in an economic and societal deficit, one bright spot stood out in Tulsa, Oklahoma — its Greenwood District, known as the ...
Live updates: Tulsa Race Massacre anniversary | CNN
Jun 1, 2021 · The Tulsa Race Massacre that unfolded over roughly 24 hours between May 31 and June 1 2021 left as many as 300 dead and decimated the prosperous area known as Black Wall Street.
What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed - The New York Times
May 24, 2021 · A century ago, a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla., perished at the hands of a violent white mob. The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 killed hundreds of residents, burned more than...
Latest search for remains of the Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends …
Sep 30, 2023 · The latest search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 59 graves found and seven sets of remains exhumed. Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said excavation ended Friday, Sept. 29 with the exhumed remains taken to an onsite forensic laboratory to begin efforts to identify them and determine the causes ...
Latest search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with 3 …
Aug 18, 2024 · The massacre took place over two days in 1921, a long-suppressed episode of racial violence that destroyed a community known as Black Wall Street and ended with as many as 300 Black people...
Justice Department launches first federal review of 1921 Tulsa race ...
Oct 2, 2024 · The massacre started on May 31, 1921, when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black, in Tulsa’s prosperous Greenwood neighborhood, which had gained the nickname “Black...
Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit brought by survivors of Tulsa …
Jun 13, 2024 · The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit arguing the remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre should be compensated by the city for damages Wednesday, dealing a blow to their...
Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race ...
Oct 1, 2024 · The Justice Department announced Monday it plans to launch a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an attack by a white mob on a thriving Black district that is considered one of the worst...
7 sets of remains exhumed, 59 graves found after latest ... - CBS News
Sep 30, 2023 · OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest search for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 59 graves found and seven sets of remains exhumed, according to Oklahoma state...
A World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim …
Jul 13, 2024 · The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, says a World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community.