On this day in 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre, also known as the Tulsa Race Riot, began in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a prosperous African American community.

More pandemic restrictions… In 1921, the “proud, rich, black” community in Tulsa suffered a brutal massacre — up to 300 black Tulsans were murdered by white residents, and a thriving ...

H. Spears (left) with Secretary Effie Thompson (center), in their temporary tent office after the Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921. Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African ...

The attorney for the survivors and descendants called it a "hopeful" moment. Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols on Sunday unveiled a $105 million reparations plan for the descendants of the Tulsa race ...

Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help TULSA, Okla.

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols shared a plan for a $100 million trust for the descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. Descendants would receive housing assistance and scholarships through the ...

Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race ... June 1 as Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day ...

Tulsa is honoring the memory of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with a weekend of commemorative events aimed at remembrance, healing, and building a stronger future. The Black Wall Street Legacy ...

a justice activist in Tulsa and a descendant of survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports and investigations by state and ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing ...

But on May 31, 1921, a White mob descended on Greenwood – the Black section of Tulsa – burning, looting and destroying more than 1,000 homes. The massacre is reported to have started with an ...