Timeline Tuesday 31 May 1921

Events on Tuesday 31 May 1921 1

• 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre White mob destroys Greenwood, a prosperous Black district of Tulsa A white mob attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States, burning homes and businesses and killing an estimated one to three hundred people. Thousands of Black residents were left homeless and Greenwood was largely destroyed. It stands as one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history.