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These, among many other historical and important reasons, are why it’s time all of us better know the history of what are popularly referred to as Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Massacre.Įducate yourself further on Black history by starting with these essential terms. It was only in 2002 the Oklahoma Education Department added lessons about the massacre to its curriculum. The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Oklahoma race massacre known as the Tulsa Massacre, which resulted in the death of more than 300 Black Americans and the total destruction of 40 blocks of a Black residential neighborhood and business district called Greenwood and nicknamed Black Wall Street.Īnd while news spread across the US about this tragedy at the time, an ensuing culture of silence won over, so much so that future generations of Americans-even Tulsans-would never know its history.