'Everybody Has a Story': Tulsans Unearth Family History, Race Massacre's Impact

'Everybody has a story': Tulsans unearth family history, race massacre's impact

May 31 marked 104 years since the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.While historians are still learning more about what happened before, during, and after the tragedy, Tulsans are also rediscovering their ties to it and their family histories.2 News Oklahoma listened to those here at a genealogy workshop about learning not just about history but about themselves.The group Justice for Greenwood put on a workshop series called The Stories of Us: Connecting…

THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE

On May 31, 1921, this nation witnessed a race massacre and acts of dispossession against Black residents in the segregated and thriving Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Tulsa Race Massacre: When Black Wall Street Burned in 1921

Explore the devastating story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, when white mobs attacked the prosperous Black community of Greenwood, Tulsa—known as Black Wall Street. A forgotten chapter of American history brought back to light.