Tulsa Race facts
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The Tulsa race riot, where a group of white people burned down 35 city blocks which contained the wealthiest african-american community in the country, using aircraft to drop firebombs. 10,000 black people were made homeless.
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After the destruction of "The black Wall Street" in the Tulsa Race Riot, laws were created that prevented the black community from rebuilding
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About Greenwood, a very successful African American neighborhood outside of Tulsa, OK that was once known as the "Black Wall Street" until the Tulsa race riot of 1921, in which white residents massacred black residents and razed the neighborhood within hours.
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There was a "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, OK and it was destroyed during race riots in 1921, which included air bombings.
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About the Tulsa race massacre that destroyed America’s wealthiest black neighborhood
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The deadliest race riot in US history was in 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma when whites attacked and burned a black neighborhood. Up to 300 died.
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The Tulsa race riot in which close to 300 blacks were killed, ~800 injured, and the wealthies black neighborhood in the country was burnt to the ground and looted by white rioters.
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The mass graves from the Tulsa race massacre are still unknown. It’s estimated that over 300 African Americans were killed during the rioting.
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The Tulsa race riots of 1921 were perpetrated to destroy the wealth of Black Wall Street
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In 1921, "Black Wall Street" was the wealthiest Black community in America before being attacked by an angry mob which killed hundreds of Black residents in Tulsa Race Massacre and destroyed 35 city blocks.
