Tulsa: The Attack on Black Wall Street
Dan Snow's History Hit
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On may 30 first, 19 21, a white mob gathered in front of the court house and prison in tulsa, oclahoma. A young black teenager had been apprehended by the police, allegedly for an assault against a young white woman. That assault seems never to have taken place. And that mob went on a rampage through the black area of tulsa,. The greenwood neighbourhood, an affluent aria known as the black wall street, and caused astonishing damage. They plundered, they looted and they burned. It is one of the most remarkable, shocking instance of white vigilant violence against the black community post reconstruction. We covered this for the anniversary of the centenary
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