Smoke billing over Tulsa during the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots.
The story of the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 is one unknown to many, but one that needs to be told. The tragedy is one of America’s troubled history of racism and segregation, at the apex of white supremacy in America. The Greenwood District, or Black Wall Street was destroyed, and eradicated, as white mobs burned and looted businesses and residents. The story of the riots is only one of many that led to a community continuously confronting the past to seek accountability and reparations, during America’s long, waging battle for civil rights.