1921-1925
Day #1 1921- The Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa, OK was known as “Black Wall Street.” This was the most affluent black city in the country. And, on June 1st, 1921 it was completely decimated- it was looted and burned to the ground by white rioters. The first bombs to ever fall in the USA were dropped on black Americans by white Americans during this massacre- and all sanctioned by local officials and the national guard, which had been called in. The entire 35-block city was burned to the ground. As many as 300 blacks were murdered, over 1,200 structures were burned to the ground including houses, schools, and churches (the equivalent of $32.5 million in lost property, which insurance refused to cover), and over 10,000 blacks were left homeless . Of course, nobody was ever charged with a crime. The reason for the massacre? On the morning of May 30, 1921, a young black man named Dick Rowland was riding in the elevator in the Drexel Building at Third and Main with a white woman named Sarah Pag...