The author reflects on the May 31, 1921 race riots in Tulsa, Oklahoma in which whites attacked the black community of Tulsa and burned most parts of Greenwood District, which was the wealthiest black community in the U.S. during early 20th century. He mentions that the riot started when a...
ABCPrisons: Alabama jailbreak by murder suspectFemale corrections officer may be involvedEva PilgrimAlabama CBSTulsa race massacre of 1921 aftermathCentenarian survivors sue city of compensationOmar VillafrancaOklahoma CBSC&W singer Naomi Judd dies, aged 76Suffered from major psychological depressionJim Axelro...
The report discloses the department’s findings on the Tulsa Race Massacre and examines events that occurred between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when white Tulsans mounted a concerted effort to destroy a vibrant Black community, remembered today as Black Wall Street. During the massacre, hundreds ...
1921: 'LOOT, ARSON, MURDER!' On June 10, 1921, The Black Dispatch of Oklahoma City reported on what would go down as one of the most significant instances of racial terror in American history: the Tulsa race riots. Perhaps more fittingly described by the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum ...
Posted in Editorial Tagged african american history, african americans, black history, black owned, black wall street, oklahoma history, tulsaSearch for: Recent Posts Appeased: Mississippi’s Flagship HBCU Gets An “Agreement” Instead Of A Law School What Is To Become Of African American Ba...
Road trippers will recognize Judy Love's last name from the popular brand of gas stations she founded with her late husband Tom.Love's Travel Stops and Country Storesbegan as a single gas station lease in Watonga, Oklahoma, in 1964, and now spans more than 600 locations across 42 states....
100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre / Tulsa Race Riot In 1921 on Memorial Day Weekend, Jim Crow segregation laws seized the county. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, rumors about a Black man assaulting a white woman gave a white mob the excuse to head to a prosperous neighborhood called "Black...
Oklahoma Senator Warns Oil Industry May Collapse. (Originated from The Tulsa World, Okla.)Myers, Jim
International Finals Rodeo May Leave Tulsa for Oklahoma CityThe International Finals Rodeo may leave Tulsa next year for the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City. News conferences have been scheduled in both cities on Monday.U.S. Newspapers...
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