Tulsa massacre survivor, residents push to boost Black community’s prominence, a century after killings
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 18, 2023
An estimated 300 Black residents were killed in 1921.
October 18, 2023, 4:58 PM ET
• 5 min read
More than 100 years after many of Tulsa's Black residents were killed and their businesses were destroyed by white rioters, the community, including a woman who survived the massacre, is still finding ways to rebuild and seek justice.
Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, white Tulsa residents set fire and bombed several square blocks of the city, including Greenwood District, which was known as Black Wall Street because . . .
