1921 - These Unforgettable Images Expose The Horror Of The Tulsa Race Riots
The Tulsa race riots has been inscribed in world history as one of the worst and most violent demonstrations to ever take place.
On June 1, 1921, chaos erupted in the Greenwood district of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, a segregated area at the time which was widely known as the "Black Wall Street." Anger ensued among the city's white residents after rumors began to spread of an encounter a young black man, Dick Rowland, had with a white woman, Sarah Page, just two days prior.
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