Tulsa Race Massacre

Also known as Tulsa Massacre, Tulsa Pogrom, Tulsa Race Riot, Greenwood Massacre, Black Wall Street Riot, Black Wall Street Massacre, Tulsa Riot

racially charged mass attack in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA in May-June 1921

Key facts

Date: May 31 – June 1, 1921
Target: Black residents, their homes, businesses, churches, schools, and municipal buildings
Attack type: White supremacist terrorism race riots racial violence lynching pogrom arson mass murder ethnic cleansing
Weapons: Guns, explosives, fire
Deaths: Total number of fatalities unknown, Up to 300 deaths estimated
Injured: 800+ , 232 serious injuries , Exact number unknown
Perpetrators: White mob
Motive: Anti-Black racism

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The Tulsa race massacre was a two-day-long terrorist massacre perpetrated by white supremacists that took place in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, between May 31 and June 1, 1921. Mobs of white residents, some of whom had been armed and appointed as deputies by city government officials, attacked black residents and their homes and businesses. The attackers burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighborhood—at the time, one of the wealthiest black communities in the United States, colloquially known as "Black Wall Street." The event is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history.

More than 800 people were admitted to hospitals, and as many as 6,000 black residents of Tulsa were interned, many of them for several days. The Oklahoma Bureau of Vital Statistics officially recorded that 36 people died. In 2001, the Tulsa Reparations Coalition examination of events identified 39 people dead (26 black and 13 white), based on contemporary autopsy reports, death certificates, and other records. The commission reported estimates ranging from 39 people to around 300 people dead.