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May 27, 2021 · A newly discovered mass grave will be excavated this summer. Fires lit by white mobs left many homes and businesses in Greenwood in ruins (as in this Red Cross image). The Red Cross estimated...
May 26, 2021 · Robert Turner prays near the site of a newly discovered mass grave in Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery, the first found from the 1921 attack by white rioters on Greenwood, a Black neighborhood.
May 31, 2012 · The 1921 Attack on Greenwood was one of the most significant events in Tulsa’s history. Following World War I, Tulsa was recognized nationally for its affluent African American community known as the Greenwood District.
Greenwood is a historic freedom colony in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As one of the most prominent concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States during the early 20th century, it was popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street".
May 23, 2021 · In the days after World War I, a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called Greenwood was among the wealthiest Black communities. Oil made Greenwood rich, but jealousy made it suffer.
- Pelley
- 13 min
- Correspondent, 60 Minutes
In the 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Greenwood community and Tulsa as a whole have been through many changes. This exhibit examines the history of Greenwood both before and after 1921 and provides information and images of the Massacre.
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May 28, 2021 · Greenwood, the African American Tulsa neighborhood later known as Black Wall Street, had been burned to the ground, block after block meticulously destroyed by White rioters.
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