In 1921, White rioters destroyed a beacon of Black prosperity and security.
They killed as many as 300 black Tulsans, left thousands homeless, and ransacked an entire neighborhood.
At the time, there were no prosecutions of the instigators. Almost a century later, there have been no reparations.
This is what happened, and why it still matters today.
This is all true:
In 1921, about 11,000 Black residents lived in the neighborhood of Greenwood, north of the Frisco railroad tracks in Tulsa. It was self-contained and self-sufficient: Black-owned grocery stores, banks, libraries, hotels, movie theatres, and more lined the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare, Greenwood Avenue.
— source theatlantic.com | 2019