Fletcher was 7 years old in 1921 when a deadly and shameful race riot broke out in Tulsa, Okla., a heinous act of violence that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Black people over the span of ...

Clarification: The Tulsa World’s terminology referring to what was long known as the Tulsa Race Riot was changed this year. The World has begun using the term massacre to describe the 1921 tragedy.

Monday marks 100 years since the Tulsa race massacre destroyed what was known as Black Wall Street. 'Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten' documents the fight for answers and retribution for descendants.

Tulsa Race Massacre: For years it was called a riot. Not anymore. Here's how it changed. By Kendrick Marshall Tulsa World May 31, 2020 Updated Jan 25, 2022 0 5 min to read ...

Mt. Zion Baptist Church in the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Okla., was among the buildings torched by white mobs in a devastating race riot in 1921. Greenwood Cultural Center, via Associated Press ...

The 1921 race riot in Tulsa began on Monday, May 30, Memorial Day, when a young black man stepped into an elevator, tripped, and either grabbed a young white girl’s arm to steady himself, or ...

Ninety-nine years ago, mobs of white residents attacked black residents and looted black businesses in Tulsa, Okla. In an attack that lasted from May 31 to June 1, 1921, as many as 300 people were ...

Ninety-nine years after the Tulsa Race Riot, amid mass graves of the victims and wounds that have remain fresh through four generations, presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg gave what his ...

Survivors of a race riot that destroyed Tulsa’s black neighborhood 83 years ago cannot seek reparations in court because of the long-expired statute of limitations, a federal judge has ruled.

On May 31, 1921, as many as 300 blacks were killed and thousands more driven from their homes in a race riot in a thriving black neighborhood of Tulsa, Okla. Now, more than 80 years later, a group ...

On May 31, 1921, one of the country's worst race riots destroyed Greenwood, Okla., a thriving black community on the outskirts of Tulsa. A white mob killed as many as 300 African-Americans and ...