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Tulsa race riot  

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  • The Tulsa Race Riot took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, in the economically prosperous Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Some 35 square blocks of Black-owned businesses and homes were burned to the ground, and more than 300 people were killed. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Tulsa, Oklahoma, Race Riot of 1921]

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