On the Friday morning before Donald Trump’s inauguration, employees at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division were ...

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More than a century ago, Greenwood, a Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was destroyed in a violent spree by a white mob.

On May 31, 1921, a white mob violently attacked the black Tulsa, Oklahoma, neighborhood of Greenwood, which included a ...

The report was based on the Justice Department’s review and evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre under the Emmett Till ...

Police arrested the man who was alleged to have assaulted the woman, according to the Justice Department report, which said ...

But in 1921, Greenwood was swallowed in flames ... Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, one of the last two known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, spoke at a 2021 congressional committee considering ...

An historical marker in dedication of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre is seen along Greenwood Avenue, on June 18, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa marks Juneteenth this year with activities and festival ...

The report also states that Tulsa city officials did not properly help Greenwood and the Black community rebuild after the massacre, despite receiving offers of help from those outside the city.

“The Tulsa Race Massacre stands out as a civil rights ... “In 1921, white Tulsans murdered hundreds of residents of Greenwood, burned their homes and churches, looted their belongings and ...