The Tulsa Race Massacre: How America Burned Its Wealthiest Black Community to the Ground in 1921
In the early hours of June 1, 1921, white mobs aided by local government officials burned 35 city blocks of Tulsa, Oklahoma to ash. They destroyed 1,256 homes, 191 businesses, a hospital, a school, churches, and a library. They killed an estimated 300 people. They left 10,000 Black Americans homeless overnight. The neighborhood they destroyed … Read more