Greenwood
neighborhood, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Tulsa race riot of 1921
- In Tulsa race massacre of 1921
…Tulsa’s prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood, known as “Black Wall Street.” More than 1,400 homes and businesses were burned, and nearly 10,000 people were left homeless. Despite its severity and destructiveness, the Tulsa race massacre was barely mentioned in history books until the late 1990s, when a state commission was…
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