Tulsa, Oklahoma

===1921 Race Massacre===
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In the early 20th century, Tulsa was home to the "[[Greenwood, Tulsa#Black Wall Street|Black Wall Street]]", one of the most prosperous Black communities in the United States at the time.<ref name="Tulsa Race Riot">{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsareparations.org/TulsaRiot.htm |title=The Tulsa Race Riot |first=Scott |last=Ellsworth |publisher=Tulsa Reparations |access-date=April 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210225357/http://www.tulsareparations.org/TulsaRiot.htm |archive-date=December 10, 2013  }}</ref> Located in the [[Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma|Greenwood]] neighborhood, it was the site of the [[Tulsa race massacre|Tulsa Race Massacre]], said to be "the single worst incident of [[mass racial violence in the United States|racial violence in American history]]",<ref name="okhist">{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Ellsworth|author-link=Scott Ellsworth|date=2009|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TU013 |title=Tulsa Race Riot|website=[[The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture]]|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> in which mobs of White Tulsans killed Black Tulsans, looted and robbed the Black community, and burned down homes and businesses.<ref name="Tulsa Race Riot" /> Sixteen hours of massacring on May 31 and June 1, 1921, ended only when National Guardsmen were brought in by the governor. An official report later claimed that 23 Black and 16 White citizens were killed, but other estimates suggest as many as 300 people died, most of them Black.<ref name="Tulsa Race Riot" /> Over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, and an estimated 1,000 Black people were left homeless as 35 city blocks, composed of 1,256 residences, were destroyed by fire. Property damage was estimated at {{Nowrap|$1.8 million}}.<ref name="Tulsa Race Riot" /> Efforts to obtain reparations for survivors of the violence have been unsuccessful, but the events were re-examined by the city and state in the early 21st century, acknowledging the terrible actions that had taken place.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/us/20tulsa.html?_r=1&ref=us&pagewanted=all |title=As Survivors Dwindle, Tulsa Confronts Past |last=Sulzberger |first=A.G. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 20, 2011 |access-date=June 20, 2011}}</ref>