The Tulsa race riot was a large-scale, racially motivated pogrom on May 31 and June 1,1921, in the white community of Tulsa, Oklahoma attacked the Greenwood District, the wealthiest black community in the United States, was burned to the ground.
The Tulsa race riot was a large-scale, racially motivated pogrom on May 31 and June 1,1921, in which a group of blacks attacked members of the white community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Greenwood District, the wealthiest black community in the United States, was burned to the ground.