Tuesday, May 31, 2022
White residents attack Black residences and businesses, destroying 35 square blocks of Greenwood District, called “Black Wall Street”, dropping bombs from aircraft, killing 200-300 people and leaving 10,000 homeless. Property was never recovered, and no compensation was ever given.
- Rethinking Schools Lesson: Burned Out of Homes and History Unearthing the silenced voices of the Tulsa Race Massacre by Linda Christensen
- History Channel video: How the Tulsa Race Massacre Began: Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
- Sunday Today Show video: Survivors Viola Fletcher And Hughes Van Ellis Reflect On Surviving Tulsa Race Massacre