On May 31, 1921, white mobs set fire to more than 1,000 homes and businesses in the Greenwood district of Tulsa — an African American neighborhood known for its thriving middle-class. Hundreds were killed and thousands left homeless. (From our archive)
Over the course of 18 hours, white mobs destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses during the Tulsa Race Riot. They set fire to schools, churches, libraries, and movie theaters, leveling entire city blocks.hide captionLibrary of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, American National Red Cross Collection
When Olivia Hooker was 6 and at home with her family in Tulsa, Okla., a group of white men came through the backyard carrying torches.When Olivia Hooker was 6 and at home with her family in Tulsa, Okla., a group of white men came through the backyard carrying torches.,"trying to remember to keep quiet, so they wouldn't know we were there."
"My father's store was destroyed," Hooker says."There was nothing left but one big safe. It was so big they couldn't carry it away, so they had to leave it — in the middle of the rubble."
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