Police say the suspect in Tulsa, Oklahoma medical facility mass shooting was targeting his doctor at the time of the massacre. The gunman entered the facility, killing four people before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life on Wednesday. Authorities say the man had recently receiv...
The report also examined the role of various people and organizations in the massacre, including the Tulsa Police Department, local sheriff, Oklahoma National Guard and then-Tulsa Mayor T.D. Evans, determining that each played a role in the chaos and destruction, either by failing to act or ...
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Thirty-five blocks of the original city centre, largely inhabited byAfrican Americans, were burned duringacts of racial violencein May and June of 1921; 300 people are believed to have died. (John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, which opened in 2010,commemoratesthe massacre and honoursFranklin,...
Tulsa Race Massacre: Dr. Kristen Oertel discusses the horrific incident in US history Dr. Kristen Oertel, the chairperson of the Department of History at the University of Tulsa, discusses the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, ahead of the...
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Lawyers for the last three living survivors of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 said they will appeal a decision to dismiss a lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack on what was known as Black Wall Street. At a Monday press conference, an attorney for the plaintiffs — Lessie Benningfie...
Photographer shares how descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre are reviving the community May 27, 2021 08:00 AM GMT+8 - Updated May 27, 2021 23:25 PM GMT+8 Residents of the Greenwood district are keeping the spirit of Black Wall Street alive and thriving.RELATED...
HISTORY URL https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/more-to-history-tulsa-race-massacre-video Date Accessed March 13, 2025 Publisher A&E Television Networks Last Updated November 6, 2024 Original Published Date November 13, 2023 Fact Check ...
The Tulsa race massacre occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma, beginning on May 31, 1921, and lasting for two days. The massacre left somewhere between 30 and 300 people dead, mostly African Americans, and destroyed Tulsa's prosperous Black neighbourhood of Greenw