100 years later: Colorado Law professor reflects on Tulsa Race Massacre

It was one of the worst massacres in American history, yet, for many Americans, the Tulsa Race Massacre is not widely known. From May 31 to June 1, 1921, hundreds of white Tulsans—armed and deputized by the local government—attacked, pillaged and destroyed the thriving Black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as “Black Wall Street.”