7/6/2023 0 Comments Dream land burning![]() Politics Survivors Of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Share Eyewitness Accounts But thanks to white-dominated power structures in the city of Tulsa and state of Oklahoma, news about the massacre was wiped from many official sources for decades (several fans of Watchmen and Lovecraft Country have told me they had never heard of the massacre before these fictional TV shows dramatized the attack during their episodes last year and in 2019). Īccording to some historians, over 1,200 homes and buildings were destroyed by the violence, killing between 100 and 300 people. Jump to reviews of Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre (The History Channel, May 30), Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street (CNN and HBO Max, May 31), and Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten (PBS, May 31). a segregated part of the city so prosperous and bustling, it was known as Black Wall Street. ![]() Back in 1921, a mob of white people tore down and burned the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla. Monday marks the 100th anniversary for one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history, the Tulsa Race Massacre. ![]() If all you know about the Tulsa Race Massacre is the re-creations of the attack featured in HBO series like Watchmen and Lovecraft Country, prepare yourself for a serious education over the next few weeks. University of Tulsa/McFarlin Library Special Collections "Little Africa on fire, Tulsa Race Riot, June 1, 1921" ![]()
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