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Wikimedia Commons/SMU Central University Libraries A Shoe Shine and an Elevator Ride When young Dick Rowland stepped into ...
The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has unveiled a reparations plan for the descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre as well as the neighborhood area once known as "Black Wall Street" on the first ...
The massacre is reported to have started with an accusation that Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old shoe shiner, assaulted a White female teenager in an elevator. Decades later, the 2001 Tulsa Race Riot ...
Decades later, the 2001 Tulsa Race Riot Commission concluded, Sarah Page, 17, was interviewed by police but made no allegations of assault.
Tulsa race massacre survivors praise DOJ investigation revealing 'truth' but disappointed no charges recommended Over 300 Black residents were killed on May 31 and June 1 in 1921.
The success of Black Wall Street, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and hope of the future. "Tulsa Race Massacre: 100 Years Later" covers the rise of Black Wall Street, the devastation wrought during ...