Tulsa Race Massacre – 100 years on
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In 1921, a white mob attacked an affluent black neighbourhood in Tulsa, killing 300 residents and destroying around 1,200 homes in the worst single incident of racial violence in U.S. history
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Tulsa OKLAHOMA
GREENWOOD
Greenwood in 1921
Burned area
200m 650ft
Police HQ 
DOWNTOWN
White mob Courthouse
Viola Fletcher, 107, oldest survivor seeking reparations
TULSA
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May 31, 1921: Black shoe shiner, Dick Rowland, 19, arrested at Tulsa County Courthouse for allegedly assaulting white elevator operator, Sarah Page, 17
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Afternoon: Tulsa Tribune prints inflammatory news story with headline “Nab Negro for
Attacking Girl in Elevator”
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White protester dies in riot between lynch mob and group of armed Black Tulsans
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Jun 1: From early morning hours until dawn, heavily armed white mobs rampage through Greenwood, burning buildings and killing indiscriminately. Dynamite is dropped from planes flying over disctrict
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People killed 300
Injured 8,000
Left homeless 10,000
City blocks burned 35
Businesses, homes and churches burned More than 1,200
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Sources: National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior, Oklahoma Commission of Tulsa Race Riot
Pictures: AP, Newscom
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