In June 1921, a white mob laid waste to Greenwood, a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as Black Wall Street. Whites killed more than 300 Black people and destroyed more than 100 businesses.

A century ago, a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla., perished at the hands of a violent white mob. The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 killed hundreds of residents, burned more than 1,250 ...

No restitution was ever made to those who lost loved ones or property in the 1921 massacre that razed the prosperous Black ...

On May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked Greenwood ... To mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Smithsonian magazine has compiled a collection of our coverage of the attack.

When a local sheriff called a group of Black World War I veterans to come to the courthouse to prevent the lynching, the white mob grew, and a shot rang out, the investigation found. The Tulsa ...

The day that a white mob came to Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Okla., Viola Fletcher was just 7 years old. During emotional testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Fletcher, who is now 107 ...

The Breakdown You Need To Know: At the time, Tulsa was a center for mob justice. The Klu Klux Klan was highly active and the Red Summer of 1919 recently occurred. Black Wall Street juxtaposed that.

Fletcher says that’s how frequently she recalls the horrific 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and her family’s nighttime ride in a horse-drawn buggy to narrowly get out of town before an infernal mob ...