Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

You'll need a little bit of intelligence to understand this:

Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

Nearly a century after one of the most horrific episodes in American history, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may soon be getting insight into a crime scene that was never fully investigated.

"This is blood land, this was a sacred space where people were burned alive," said Rev. Dr. Robert Turner. "The Greenwood District is not just a tourist site, it's a crime scene."

Turner leads the only African-American church in the Greenwood area that was left standing after the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which destroyed one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. But Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, he said, was not left unscarred by the violence that took place on May 31, 1921.

"We have the only building that survived the massacre," Turner said — but he added, "we have members who died on that day."

A 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission dedicated to the event shows that the rampage was sparked by an incident when a black shoe shiner tripped over a white elevator operator and was accused of sexual assault of the 17-year-old girl.

Shortly after news broke out of the alleged assault, a white lynch mob was formed around the jail where the shoe shiner was being held. That prompted a group of armed black men to offer their services to protect the inmate, and it wasn't long before a confrontation broke out between a black and white man that led to an accidental shot being fired.

This signaled the start of a gunfight that would eventually stream into Greenwood as a white mob entered the city and destroyed much of its property.

Buildings and homes were burned and looted, and what was left of what was a bustling financial district — which Booker T. Washington and others called "Negro Wall Street" — looked charred and dismal. While accounts vary, the report estimated 30 to 300 deaths and the displacement of a majority of the town's black residents.
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[NewsVine_Mariyam]

This occured a long time ago yes but in the words of George Santayana "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". More important though there is this:

Olivia Hooker was 6 years old when the massacre broke out and at 103, remains one of the last remaining survivors of the tragedy. She has told several news outlets that she remembers the day her mother hid her under the table during the attack.

Hooker was unable to talk to NBC News, but her goddaughter and caretaker Janis Porter says she is aware of the recent development.

"She has been fighting this battle for so many years," Porter said. "She smiles and anything that is done, and anything that gets done in terms of the massacre, she's happy."​

 

[whitehall]

It was a democrat party dominated administration in Tulsa at that time. Are liberals sure they want to dig up that can 'o worms?

 

[Wyatt earp]

You forgot the most amazing thing , the only US city bombed from the air.

.

 

[Vastator]

You'll need a little bit of intelligence to understand this:

Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

Nearly a century after one of the most horrific episodes in American history, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may soon be getting insight into a crime scene that was never fully investigated.

"This is blood land, this was a sacred space where people were burned alive," said Rev. Dr. Robert Turner. "The Greenwood District is not just a tourist site, it's a crime scene."

Turner leads the only African-American church in the Greenwood area that was left standing after the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which destroyed one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. But Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, he said, was not left unscarred by the violence that took place on May 31, 1921.

"We have the only building that survived the massacre," Turner said — but he added, "we have members who died on that day."

A 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission dedicated to the event shows that the rampage was sparked by an incident when a black shoe shiner tripped over a white elevator operator and was accused of sexual assault of the 17-year-old girl.

Shortly after news broke out of the alleged assault, a white lynch mob was formed around the jail where the shoe shiner was being held. That prompted a group of armed black men to offer their services to protect the inmate, and it wasn't long before a confrontation broke out between a black and white man that led to an accidental shot being fired.

This signaled the start of a gunfight that would eventually stream into Greenwood as a white mob entered the city and destroyed much of its property.

Buildings and homes were burned and looted, and what was left of what was a bustling financial district — which Booker T. Washington and others called "Negro Wall Street" — looked charred and dismal. While accounts vary, the report estimated 30 to 300 deaths and the displacement of a majority of the town's black residents.
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“Tripped”? “Accidentally”? Riiight! And they know these details ; how? Oh... that’s right. They don’t. They’re just trying to am up the sympathy for the negros in the story...

 

[Godboy]

You'll need a little bit of intelligence to understand this:

Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

Nearly a century after one of the most horrific episodes in American history, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may soon be getting insight into a crime scene that was never fully investigated.

"This is blood land, this was a sacred space where people were burned alive," said Rev. Dr. Robert Turner. "The Greenwood District is not just a tourist site, it's a crime scene."

Turner leads the only African-American church in the Greenwood area that was left standing after the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which destroyed one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. But Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, he said, was not left unscarred by the violence that took place on May 31, 1921.

"We have the only building that survived the massacre," Turner said — but he added, "we have members who died on that day."

A 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission dedicated to the event shows that the rampage was sparked by an incident when a black shoe shiner tripped over a white elevator operator and was accused of sexual assault of the 17-year-old girl.

Shortly after news broke out of the alleged assault, a white lynch mob was formed around the jail where the shoe shiner was being held. That prompted a group of armed black men to offer their services to protect the inmate, and it wasn't long before a confrontation broke out between a black and white man that led to an accidental shot being fired.

This signaled the start of a gunfight that would eventually stream into Greenwood as a white mob entered the city and destroyed much of its property.

Buildings and homes were burned and looted, and what was left of what was a bustling financial district — which Booker T. Washington and others called "Negro Wall Street" — looked charred and dismal. While accounts vary, the report estimated 30 to 300 deaths and the displacement of a majority of the town's black residents.
​

“Tripped”? “Accidentally”? Riiight! And they know these details ; how? Oh... that’s right. They don’t. They’re just trying to am up the sympathy for the negros in the story...

Your vile use of bigoted terms aside, i cant argue with that. A black man tripping caused a riot? That sounds SUPER far fetched to me. And dont give me any of this "thats how bad it was back then" bullshit. No way. Im sure it was bad, but it wasnt THAT bad. There were certainly black murderers back then that the racists could have focused their hate on, so they didnt need to start a riot over a guy tripping.

Theyve looked for these supposed mass graves before, but they never find anything because its just an urban legend.

 

[LuckyDuck]

You'll need a little bit of intelligence to understand this:

Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

Nearly a century after one of the most horrific episodes in American history, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may soon be getting insight into a crime scene that was never fully investigated.

"This is blood land, this was a sacred space where people were burned alive," said Rev. Dr. Robert Turner. "The Greenwood District is not just a tourist site, it's a crime scene."

Turner leads the only African-American church in the Greenwood area that was left standing after the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which destroyed one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. But Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, he said, was not left unscarred by the violence that took place on May 31, 1921.

"We have the only building that survived the massacre," Turner said — but he added, "we have members who died on that day."

A 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission dedicated to the event shows that the rampage was sparked by an incident when a black shoe shiner tripped over a white elevator operator and was accused of sexual assault of the 17-year-old girl.

Shortly after news broke out of the alleged assault, a white lynch mob was formed around the jail where the shoe shiner was being held. That prompted a group of armed black men to offer their services to protect the inmate, and it wasn't long before a confrontation broke out between a black and white man that led to an accidental shot being fired.

This signaled the start of a gunfight that would eventually stream into Greenwood as a white mob entered the city and destroyed much of its property.

Buildings and homes were burned and looted, and what was left of what was a bustling financial district — which Booker T. Washington and others called "Negro Wall Street" — looked charred and dismal. While accounts vary, the report estimated 30 to 300 deaths and the displacement of a majority of the town's black residents.
​

“Tripped”? “Accidentally”? Riiight! And they know these details ; how? Oh... that’s right. They don’t. They’re just trying to am up the sympathy for the negros in the story...

Your vile use of bigoted terms aside, i cant argue with that. A black man tripping caused a riot? That sounds SUPER far fetched to me. And dont give me any of this "thats how bad it was back then" bullshit. No way. Im sure it was bad, but it wasnt THAT bad. There were certainly black murderers back then that the racists could have focused their hate on, so they didnt need to start a riot over a guy tripping.

Theyve looked for these supposed mass graves before, but they never find anything because its just an urban legend.

The events occurred, including another in Rosewood, Florida. Our nation's history isn't one of innocence. We've committed genocide against Native Americans, forcing them onto reservations, had slavery (no where near as much as Islamic nations and South of the Border had), and racist crimes against blacks. But, that's the past and all nations have had slavery and massive killings before. At least this nation acknowledges its past and sought to rectify it. As for investigating a crime scene from 1921, I do fail to see the point, as hardly anyone alive today was alive then and thus it's highly unlikely any guilty party could be rounded up.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

You'll need a little bit of intelligence to understand this:

Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

Nearly a century after one of the most horrific episodes in American history, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may soon be getting insight into a crime scene that was never fully investigated.

"This is blood land, this was a sacred space where people were burned alive," said Rev. Dr. Robert Turner. "The Greenwood District is not just a tourist site, it's a crime scene."

Turner leads the only African-American church in the Greenwood area that was left standing after the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which destroyed one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. But Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, he said, was not left unscarred by the violence that took place on May 31, 1921.

"We have the only building that survived the massacre," Turner said — but he added, "we have members who died on that day."

A 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission dedicated to the event shows that the rampage was sparked by an incident when a black shoe shiner tripped over a white elevator operator and was accused of sexual assault of the 17-year-old girl.

Shortly after news broke out of the alleged assault, a white lynch mob was formed around the jail where the shoe shiner was being held. That prompted a group of armed black men to offer their services to protect the inmate, and it wasn't long before a confrontation broke out between a black and white man that led to an accidental shot being fired.

This signaled the start of a gunfight that would eventually stream into Greenwood as a white mob entered the city and destroyed much of its property.

Buildings and homes were burned and looted, and what was left of what was a bustling financial district — which Booker T. Washington and others called "Negro Wall Street" — looked charred and dismal. While accounts vary, the report estimated 30 to 300 deaths and the displacement of a majority of the town's black residents.
​

“Tripped”? “Accidentally”? Riiight! And they know these details ; how? Oh... that’s right. They don’t. They’re just trying to am up the sympathy for the negros in the story...

Your vile use of bigoted terms aside, i cant argue with that. A black man tripping caused a riot? That sounds SUPER far fetched to me. And dont give me any of this "thats how bad it was back then" bullshit. No way. Im sure it was bad, but it wasnt THAT bad. There were certainly black murderers back then that the racists could have focused their hate on, so they didnt need to start a riot over a guy tripping.

Theyve looked for these supposed mass graves before, but they never find anything because its just an urban legend.

A 17 year old white girl's word against a 19 year old black guy? You know what they were thinking and this is documented history:

Dick Rowland (aka, "Diamond Dick Rowland", born c. 1902) was an African-American teenage shoeshiner whose arrest in May 1921 was the impetus for the Tulsa Race Massacre. When he was arrested for assault, Rowland was 19 years old. The alleged victim of the assault was a white 17-year-old named Sarah Page. Page, who worked as an elevator operator, had eventually declined to prosecute. According to conflicting reports, the arrest was prompted after Rowland tripped in an elevator on his way to a segregated bathroom, and a white store clerk misconstrued the incident as an "assault" or a rape.
[snipped]
On May 30, 1921, Rowland attempted to enter the Drexel building elevator and, although the exact facts are either unknown or in dispute, according to the most accepted accounts, he tripped and, trying to save himself from falling, grabbed the first thing he could, which happened to be the arm of the elevator operator, Sarah Page, then 17 years old. Startled, the elevator operator screamed and a white clerk in a first-floor store called police to report seeing Rowland flee from the elevator and the building. The white clerk on the first floor reported the incident as an attempted assault.

Rowland was arrested the following day, on May 31, 1921. With the headline "Nab Negro for Attacking Girl in Elevator" that day's issue of the Tulsa Tribune newspaper claimed Rowland had attacked Page and had torn her clothes.[3][4] A subsequent gathering of angry local whites outside the courthouse where Rowland was being held, and the spread of rumours he had been lynched, alarmed the local black population, some of whom arrived at the courthouse armed. Shots were fired, twelve people were killed, ten white and two black. [4]

In retaliation a riot by whites was sparked that lasted 16 hours, during which time a white mob started fires and U.S. planes dropped firebombs, the first record of bombs dropped on U.S. soil. The destruction included 35 city blocks burned down and 1,256 residences in Tulsa's prosperous African American neighborhood of Greenwood, resulting in over 800 injuries and 37 confirmed dead – 25 black and 12 white.[5] Later accounts have suggested the number of deaths were under recorded.[4]

The case against Dick Rowland was dismissed at the end of September 1921. The dismissal followed the receipt of a letter by the County Attorney from Sarah Page in which she stated that she did not wish to prosecute the case.​

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

You forgot the most amazing thing , the only US city bombed from the air.

.

You're correct of course but that's a terrible thing to be famous or infamous for

 

[Wyatt earp]

You forgot the most amazing thing , the only US city bombed from the air.

.

You're correct of course but that's a terrible thing to be famous or infamous for

I was always fascinated with this, what would of happened if jealous whites would of just left them alone and flourish? I keep on thinking this would of been a different future if they had

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Looks like another excuse/opportunity for Obama legacy to assassinate cops.

 

[Claudette]

Lot of good info on that riot. What caused it and how it ended.

the 1921 race riot in tulsa - Google Search

I doubt digging up 100 year old graves will tell them anything. If that's what they want to do.

 

[bodecea]

It was a democrat party dominated administration in Tulsa at that time. Are liberals sure they want to dig up that can 'o worms?

Yes it was...are you saying that it's the same people as back then in the Democrat party? They'd be pretty old now. Probably cross-over trump voters if they are still living.....what with being senile now.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

It was a democrat party dominated administration in Tulsa at that time. Are liberals sure they want to dig up that can 'o worms?

Liberals were not in control then idiot....don't you closet racists get tired of not understanding the difference between ideology and party affiliation and how they are not the same?

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

You forgot the most amazing thing , the only US city bombed from the air.

.

Here is the second time that a US city was bombed from the air --but in this case, it was really a black democrat that ordered it -- so conservatives can relax...

Why Have So Many People Never Heard Of The MOVE Bombing?

 

[Godboy]

You'll need a little bit of intelligence to understand this:

Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

Nearly a century after one of the most horrific episodes in American history, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may soon be getting insight into a crime scene that was never fully investigated.

"This is blood land, this was a sacred space where people were burned alive," said Rev. Dr. Robert Turner. "The Greenwood District is not just a tourist site, it's a crime scene."

Turner leads the only African-American church in the Greenwood area that was left standing after the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which destroyed one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. But Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, he said, was not left unscarred by the violence that took place on May 31, 1921.

"We have the only building that survived the massacre," Turner said — but he added, "we have members who died on that day."

A 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission dedicated to the event shows that the rampage was sparked by an incident when a black shoe shiner tripped over a white elevator operator and was accused of sexual assault of the 17-year-old girl.

Shortly after news broke out of the alleged assault, a white lynch mob was formed around the jail where the shoe shiner was being held. That prompted a group of armed black men to offer their services to protect the inmate, and it wasn't long before a confrontation broke out between a black and white man that led to an accidental shot being fired.

This signaled the start of a gunfight that would eventually stream into Greenwood as a white mob entered the city and destroyed much of its property.

Buildings and homes were burned and looted, and what was left of what was a bustling financial district — which Booker T. Washington and others called "Negro Wall Street" — looked charred and dismal. While accounts vary, the report estimated 30 to 300 deaths and the displacement of a majority of the town's black residents.
​

“Tripped”? “Accidentally”? Riiight! And they know these details ; how? Oh... that’s right. They don’t. They’re just trying to am up the sympathy for the negros in the story...

Your vile use of bigoted terms aside, i cant argue with that. A black man tripping caused a riot? That sounds SUPER far fetched to me. And dont give me any of this "thats how bad it was back then" bullshit. No way. Im sure it was bad, but it wasnt THAT bad. There were certainly black murderers back then that the racists could have focused their hate on, so they didnt need to start a riot over a guy tripping.

Theyve looked for these supposed mass graves before, but they never find anything because its just an urban legend.

The events occurred, including another in Rosewood, Florida. Our nation's history isn't one of innocence. We've committed genocide against Native Americans, forcing them onto reservations, had slavery (no where near as much as Islamic nations and South of the Border had), and racist crimes against blacks. But, that's the past and all nations have had slavery and massive killings before. At least this nation acknowledges its past and sought to rectify it. As for investigating a crime scene from 1921, I do fail to see the point, as hardly anyone alive today was alive then and thus it's highly unlikely any guilty party could be rounded up.

Planes bombed "Black Wall Street"? Get the fuck out of here!

 

[Godboy]

You forgot the most amazing thing , the only US city bombed from the air.

.

You're correct of course but that's a terrible thing to be famous or infamous for

I was always fascinated with this, what would of happened if jealous whites would of just left them alone and flourish? I keep on thinking this would of been a different future if they had

Yeah, they would all be kings and queens now, just like they are in Africa, right? I think people have a tendency to over romanticize the past when their present sucks.

 

[August West]

Looks like another excuse/opportunity for Obama legacy to assassinate cops.

Looks like another opportunity for you to make an ass of yourself. Well done! I remember when NRA inspired nuts blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City and another gun nut in Pittsburgh gunned down 3 cops because of the coming "Obama gun grab". The NRA of course is granted their white privilege.
Richard Poplawski: Was Pittsburgh Shooter Driven By Right-wing Gun Paranoia About Obama?

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

You'll need a little bit of intelligence to understand this:

Tulsa goes grave digging as it looks for answers in infamous 1921 race riot

Nearly a century after one of the most horrific episodes in American history, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, may soon be getting insight into a crime scene that was never fully investigated.

"This is blood land, this was a sacred space where people were burned alive," said Rev. Dr. Robert Turner. "The Greenwood District is not just a tourist site, it's a crime scene."

Turner leads the only African-American church in the Greenwood area that was left standing after the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which destroyed one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. But Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church, he said, was not left unscarred by the violence that took place on May 31, 1921.

"We have the only building that survived the massacre," Turner said — but he added, "we have members who died on that day."

A 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission dedicated to the event shows that the rampage was sparked by an incident when a black shoe shiner tripped over a white elevator operator and was accused of sexual assault of the 17-year-old girl.

Shortly after news broke out of the alleged assault, a white lynch mob was formed around the jail where the shoe shiner was being held. That prompted a group of armed black men to offer their services to protect the inmate, and it wasn't long before a confrontation broke out between a black and white man that led to an accidental shot being fired.

This signaled the start of a gunfight that would eventually stream into Greenwood as a white mob entered the city and destroyed much of its property.

Buildings and homes were burned and looted, and what was left of what was a bustling financial district — which Booker T. Washington and others called "Negro Wall Street" — looked charred and dismal. While accounts vary, the report estimated 30 to 300 deaths and the displacement of a majority of the town's black residents.
​

“Tripped”? “Accidentally”? Riiight! And they know these details ; how? Oh... that’s right. They don’t. They’re just trying to am up the sympathy for the negros in the story...

Your vile use of bigoted terms aside, i cant argue with that. A black man tripping caused a riot? That sounds SUPER far fetched to me. And dont give me any of this "thats how bad it was back then" bullshit. No way. Im sure it was bad, but it wasnt THAT bad. There were certainly black murderers back then that the racists could have focused their hate on, so they didnt need to start a riot over a guy tripping.

Theyve looked for these supposed mass graves before, but they never find anything because its just an urban legend.

The events occurred, including another in Rosewood, Florida. Our nation's history isn't one of innocence. We've committed genocide against Native Americans, forcing them onto reservations, had slavery (no where near as much as Islamic nations and South of the Border had), and racist crimes against blacks. But, that's the past and all nations have had slavery and massive killings before. At least this nation acknowledges its past and sought to rectify it. As for investigating a crime scene from 1921, I do fail to see the point, as hardly anyone alive today was alive then and thus it's highly unlikely any guilty party could be rounded up.

The reason why it is a good idea to investigate it is because we still have people on this very post who despite their blatant ignorance on the subject -- still has this righteous indignation that their ignorance is truth and that it is impossible something like this has ever happened.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

You forgot the most amazing thing , the only US city bombed from the air.

.

You're correct of course but that's a terrible thing to be famous or infamous for

I was always fascinated with this, what would of happened if jealous whites would of just left them alone and flourish? I keep on thinking this would of been a different future if they had

Yeah, they would all be kings and queens now, just like they are in Africa, right? I think people have a tendency to over romanticize the past when their present sucks.

And closet racists always love to discount the plight of minorities while simultaneously clutching their pearls at anything they perceive as a slight against themselves