Tulsa Race Massacre

Biden decries ‘horrific’ Tulsa massacre in emotional speech

An emotional President Joe Biden has marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that wiped out a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

‘The foundation of the wealth': Why Black Wall Street boomed

Hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church’s prayer wall

Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ 100 years after massacre

Tulsa Race Massacre centennial events proceed amid hiccups

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Tulsa massacre documentaries offer deep dive into tragedy

LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and a slew of networks are among those releasing documentaries based on the tragic backstory of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

Black fear of Tulsa police lingers 100 years after massacre

There’s been some progress in the relationship between the Tulsa police and the city’s Black community in the 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre left as many as 300 Black people dead and thousands of Black residents displaced.

How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered

The toll from the 1921 massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was horrific. A thriving Black community was gutted by a white mob.

Organizers: Dispute over survivors scrapped Tulsa event

Tulsans working on events commemorating the 1921 Race Massacre say a dispute over monetary payments to survivors led to the cancellation of a headline event.

At century mark, Tulsa Race Massacre’s wounds still unhealed

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Black Wall Street Market is nowhere near Black Wall Street.

The original Black Wall Street vaporized a hundred years ago, when a murderous white mob laid waste to what was the nation’s most prosperous Black-owned business district and residential neighborhood.

Unearthing history: Tulsa massacre victims search resumes

As the U.S. marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, researchers, including descendants of Black victims of the violence, are preparing to resume a search for remains believed to have been hastily buried in mass graves.

Century after massacre, Black Tulsans struggle for a voice

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In the early days of Oklahoma’s statehood, an angry white mob fanned by rumors of a Black uprising burned a thriving African American community in the oil boomtown of Tulsa.

100 years after Tulsa Race Massacre, the damage remains

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Biden to visit Tulsa for 100th anniversary of race massacre

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa next week to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 massacre that claimed up to hundreds of lives in the city.