Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Hello my people I have been gone for awhile, but let's talk about Greenwood Tulsa Ok.
This Race Riot occurred in 1921. Following World War I, Tulsa boasted one of the most affluent African American communities in the country, known as the Greenwood District. This thriving business district and surrounding residential area was referred to as “Black Wall Street.” In June of 1921, a series of events happened.

On the morning of May 30, 1921, a young black man named Dick Rowland ( African American) was riding in the elevator in the Drexel Building with a woman named Sarah Page (Caucasian). The details of what followed vary from person to person, and accounts of an incident circulated among the city’s white community during the day and became more exaggerated with each telling.
Tulsa police arrested Rowland the following day and began an investigation. An inflammatory report in the May 31 edition of the Tulsa Tribune spurred a confrontation between black and white armed mobs around the courthouse where the sheriff and his men had barricaded the top floor to protect Rowland. Shots were fired and the outnumbered blacks began retreating to the Greenwood Avenue business district.

On June 1, 1921, Black Tulsa was looted and burned by white rioters. Governor Robertson declared martial law, and National Guard troops arrived in Tulsa. Guardsmen assisted firemen in putting out fires, took imprisoned blacks out of the hands of vigilantes and imprisoned all black Tulsans not already interned. Over 6,000 people were held at the Convention Hall and the Fairgrounds, some for as long as eight days.
Twenty-four hours after the violence erupted, it ceased. In the wake of the violence, 35 city blocks lay in charred ruins, over 800 people were treated for injuries and contemporary reports of deaths began at 36. In 2001, the Tulsa Race Riot Commission released a report indicating that 300 people died in the riot.

Again this shows that when white supremacist see that any people of color doing great they will look for an excuse to kill African Americans. We can see this today, seeing the we have a African American President you have seen more killings around the world.

Wake up My People!!!!

Tulsa race riots

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