Tulsa Race Massacre: America's Forgotten Atrocity

On the night of May 31, 1921, one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States was destroyed in less than sixteen hours. The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma-known as Black Wall Street-was burned to the ground by a white mob operating with the tacit support of local law enforcement and the Oklahoma National Guard. Over 300 people were killed. More than 10,000 were left homeless. F...