Policing · State · OK
The Tulsa Race Massacre destroys the Greenwood district ('Black Wall Street')
- Direction
- -2 — major harm to Freedmen
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Decided
- Date
- 1921-06-01
Why this rating
On May 31-June 1, 1921 a white mob — some deputized by local government — destroyed the prosperous Black Greenwood district of Tulsa, killing an estimated 300 people, burning some 1,250 homes, and leaving roughly 10,000 people homeless. Rated -2: a direct, large-scale destruction of lineage-held life and accumulated wealth, with documented government participation.
Summary
On May 31-June 1, 1921 a white mob — some deputized by local government — destroyed the prosperous Black Greenwood district of Tulsa, killing an estimated 300 people, burning some 1,250 homes, and leaving roughly 10,000 people homeless. Rated -2: a direct, large-scale destruction of lineage-held life and accumulated wealth, with documented government participation.
Sources
- Tulsa Race Massacre — Library of Congress, Chronicling America — official record · primary · historical
Rated under the published impact rubric. Direction records what a measure would do if fully effective; force records how far it has actually travelled. Neither is inferred — both trace to the sources above. Think something here is wrong? Tell us and we will log the correction.