This photograph shows people searching through rubble after the massacre in Tulsa in June 1921. Refugee camps for people who had lost their homes were set up on the fair grounds in Tulsa following the violence. At Tulsa's ARC hospital, patients are shown recovering from injuries from the 1921...
In 1996, 75 years after the massacre, the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 was formed. The commission’s final report, published in 2001, states that the city had conspired with the mob of white citizens against Black citizens. It is appropriate to mourn the victims...
I first learned about the massacre 21 years ago, as a reporter at theFort Worth Star-Telegram, from a wire-service story about theOklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. The commission was created in 1997 by the State Legislature to document an event that few people knew...
Local government officials are still attempting to hide the truth about this massacre 100 years later. Still searching for bodies, still searching for the truth. No blame, just the unvarnished truth. Donna Beekman March 1, 2024 at 2:39 pm Thanks so much for all this information. I know ...
The Tulsa race massacre of 1921 was one of the most severe incidents of racial violence in U.S. history. It occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Beginning on May 31, 1921, and lasting for two days, it left between 30 and 300 people dead, mostly African Americans