1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath Greenwood District devastated
mass displacement of Black residents
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tulsa_Race_Riot
gptkbp:businessesDestroyed over 35 city blocks
gptkbp:cause racial tensions and false accusation against Dick Rowland
gptkbp:commemorates centennial events in 2021
gptkbp:compensation no reparations paid to survivors
gptkbp:endDate 1921-06-01
gptkbp:governmentResponse martial law declared
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history
gptkbp:homesDestroyed over 1,000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
gptkbp:injuries over 800
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:Oklahoma_Commission_to_Study_the_Tulsa_Race_Riot_of_1921
gptkbp:legacy ongoing calls for reparations and justice
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tulsa,_Oklahoma,_United_States
gptkb:Greenwood_District
gptkbp:mediaCoverage suppressed for decades
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Greenwood_Cultural_Center
gptkb:John_Hope_Franklin_Reconciliation_Park
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Sarah_Page
gptkb:Dick_Rowland
gptkbp:perpetrator white mobs
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Red_Summer_(1919)
gptkbp:startDate 1921-05-31
gptkbp:subjectOf books
documentaries
TV series (e.g., Watchmen, Lovecraft Country)
gptkbp:victim Black residents of Tulsa
estimated 100 to 300
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tulsa,_Oklahoma,_USA
gptkb:Tulsa,_Oklahoma
gptkb:Tulsa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5