GREENWOOD TULSA 1921

In 1921 Tulsa’s Greenwood District, known then as the nation’s “Black Wall Street,” was one of the most prosperous African American communities in the United States. But on May 31 of that year, a white mob, inflamed by rumors that a young Black man had attempted to rape a white teenage girl, invaded Greenwood. By the end of the following day, thousands of homes and businesses lay in ashes, and perhaps as many as three hundred people were dead.

The Tulsa Massacre was a result of racial animosity and mistrust within a culture of political and economic corruption. In its wake, Black Tulsans were denied redress and even the right to rebuild on their own property, yet they ultimately prevailed and even prospered despite systemic racism and the rise during the 1920s of the second Ku Klux Klan.

The event remains one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history, and, for a period, remained one of the least-known.

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• 4.5 oz.(US) 7.5 oz.(CA), 100% preshrunk ring spun cotton
• Antique Colors Sport Grey: 90/10 cotton/polyester
• Semi-fitted
• High stitch density for smoother printing surface
• Seamless double needle 3/4" collar
• Taped neck and shoulder
• Double needle sleeve and bottom hems
• Quarter-turned to eliminate centre crease
• Tear away label