Sep 01 Attorneys file lawsuit seeking redress for Tulsa massacre By Sean Murphy, Associated Press The group is seeking reparations for the destruction of the city's once thriving Black district that was burned to the ground by an angry white mob. Continue reading
Jul 13 Search resumes for mass graves from 1921 Tulsa race massacre By Associated Press A team of researchers and historians are resuming test excavations of potential unmarked mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 6:25 Tulsa’s Black residents mark Juneteenth holiday amid anxiety about Trump rally By Yamiche Alcindor, Frank Carlson, Lena I. Jackson The historic Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was known a century ago as “the Black Wall Street” for being among the most prosperous parts of the U.S. for Black Americans. But in 1921, a white mob murdered some 300 Black… Continue watching
Jun 19 What happened 101 years ago in the Tulsa Race Massacre By Gretchen Frazee Up to 300 black Tulsans were murdered by white residents, and a thriving neighborhood burned to the ground. Continue reading