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THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE This week is the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre and end of Black Wall Street. These events are rarely taught in school. What happened: IT STARTED WITH A PLANNED LYNCHING On May 31, 1921 in Tulsa Oklahoma, a Black man named Dick Rowland was arrested and accused of assaulting a white woman, Sarah Page. When the local paper reported that Rowland would be lynched, Black protestors gathered at the jail to protect him. A white man reportedly attacked a Black protestor, sparking a race-riot in which ten white and two black people were killed. BLACK WALL STREET RAZED News spread quickly and ~10,000 white rioters ransacked the Greenwood District, burning 35-city blocks to the ground. Known as “Black Wall Street,” Greenwood was one of the most affluent African American communities in the country. Eyewitnesses described planes dropping kerosene bombs. Oklahoma’s official report, commissioned nearly eight decades after the riots, found some "agents of government" purposely destroyed or set fire to 1,256 homes "along with virtually every other structure in the Greenwood district, including churches, schools, businesses, even a hospital and library." THE FALLOUT The massacre caused immense trauma and destroyed the wealth of this once-thriving Black community. Between 100-300 people were killed, the majority Black families. Another 10,000 Black people were made homeless and largely left to rebuild on their own. 100 YEARS LATER 🔸No one was prosecuted and the Tulsa Race Riots have been been largely omitted from history. 🔸In 2001, Oklahoma released a report revealing the city had conspired with a white mob against Black citizens, and recommending reparations. 🔸Only last year did the massacre become part of the Oklahoma school curriculum. 🔸Last month, 107-year-old Viola Fletcher testified before Congress as the oldest survivor of the massacre. Asking for reparations, she said “Our country may forget this history but I cannot...I believe we must acknowledge America’s sins. It is the least we can do.” 📸: Oklahoma Historical Society #NewsNotNoise #tulsaracemassacre #tulsaraceriots #centenary https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlMsE5FjG4/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Look what came in the mail 📦 the official #LovecraftCountry 🦑 paperback novel by #MattRuff. A gift from my fellow 📗 @lovecrafthbo LovecraftCountry Fans (HBO) family member Raylee Hurtt for his giveaway contest! Thank you so much bro! I planned on purchasing this book myself, but got it for free! What a nice surprise to come home to from work! This show has connected me to some dope people, and now I have a new online ⌨️ extended family, Lovecraft is doing something special to the culture ✊🏾 for sure!✨ #BlackHorror #HBO #TulsaRaceRiots 🔥 https://www.instagram.com/p/CHEaqctjJai/?igshid=2fida8yecezq

I’m embarrassed to confess I learned about the Tulsa Massacres from a TV show! Not from school, not from text books.... but from HBO’s WATCHMEN! So how much do you know about it? Look and learn on our blog where we’ve posted original photos from The Library of Congress and the true story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots (link in bio). . . #tulsaoklahoma #tulsaoklahoma #tulsamassacre #tulsaraceriots #americanhistory #racisminamerica #learnsomething #blacklivesmatter #blackhistory #libraryofcongress #greenwood #blackwallstreet #greenwoodriot #blackwallstreetmassacre #ifitshipitshere https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtaVt2AHts/?igshid=ve31nmk1cd9q

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