The 1921 race riot in Tulsa began on Monday, May 30, Memorial Day, when a young black man stepped into an elevator, tripped, and either grabbed a young white girl’s arm to steady himself, or ...

Release Date: November 30, 2007 This content is archived. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It was while researching the history of African-Americans in Oklahoma that Barbara Nevergold, Ph.D., of the University at ...

Two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are calling on President Joe Biden to open an investigation into the deadly attack following the Oklahoma Supreme Court decision last month to dismiss ...

“I have lived through the massacre every day,” said Viola Fletcher, 107, of the racist violence that killed as many as 300 people. “Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.” ...

On Feb. 25, 1921, three months before the Tulsa Race Massacre erupted, World War I veteran C.L. Daniel wrote a letter to the ...

The racist 1921 attack killed more than 300 Black people and destroyed a thriving business district known as "Black Wall Street" Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE ...