Today marks the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, one of worst acts of racial violence in American history. In the 1921 attack, mobs of white residents attacked and ultimately destroyed …
On May 30, 1921, Memorial Day, Dick Rowland, a 19-year-old black man working as a shoeshiner, rode the only elevator of a nearby building to use the top-floor restroom, designated for black people. The only other person in the elevator was Sarah Page, a 17-year-old white girl who was the elevator operator on duty.
On June 1, 1921, white rioters descended on Greenwood, looting and burning black houses and businesses. Martial law was declared and the National Guard was brought in. When it was all over, 35 city blocks had been burned down, over 800 people were treated for injuries. At the time, 36 deaths were reported, most of them African American. Historians now believe as many as 300 people may have been killed, according to .the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum.
“We are still here fighting for the same things,” Carter wrote on today’s anniversary, referring to the ongoing George Floyd protests. “Thank you for partnering with us on telling this American story which remains to be an American problem Not just a black problem.” The Tulsa race massacre, which had seen largely overlooked for decades, recently entered popular American culture when the horrific event was depicted in the opening scene of HBO’s
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