The Tulsa race riot was a large-scale, racially motivated conflict on May 31 and June 1, 1921, in which a group of whites attacked the black community of Tulsa, Oklahoma . It resulted in the Greenwood District , also known as ' the Black Wall Street ' and the wealthiest black community in the United States, being burned to the ground.
During the 16 hours of the assault, more than 800 people were
admitted to local white hospitals with injuries (the two black hospitals
were burned down), and police arrested and detained more than 6,000
black Greenwood residents at three local facilities. :108-109
An estimated 10,000 blacks were left homeless, and 35 city blocks
composed of 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire, resulting in over
$26 million in damages. The official count of the dead by the Oklahoma
Department of Vital Statistics was 39, but other estimates of black
fatalities vary from 55 to about 300. :108, 228
The events of the riot were long omitted from local and state
histories. "The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was rarely mentioned in history
books, classrooms or even in private. Blacks and whites alike grew into
middle age unaware of what had taken place."
With the number of survivors declining, in 1996, the state legislature
commissioned a report to establish the historical record of the events,
and acknowledge the victims and damages to the black community. Released
in 2001, the report included the commission's recommendations for some
compensatory actions, most of which were not implemented by the state
and city governments. The state passed legislation to establish some
scholarships for descendants of survivors, economic development of
Greenwood, and a memorial park to the victims in Tulsa. The latter was
dedicated in 2010.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot
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