Episode 64: Lessons Yet Learned – Tulsa 1921

One the questions that came up frequently during our first “lessons yet learned” episode was “what is the sense in rioting and burning everything to the ground?” Well, we decided to try to answer that question with another history lesson.

May 31st 1921: Tulsa Oklahoma…Specifically the Greenwood District, which was known as Black Wall Street. A thriving and booming African American business hub of black owned businesses. That would be decimated, when mobs of white residents, some of whom be later deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses.

It is one of the biggest acts of terrorism acted out by Americans on Americans.

Don’t believe us? Check the history books, google search it…we implore you to look into both before and after our episode.

What the Greenwood District look like before

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Damo The Great – Eloise https://www.facebook.com/downriverking
The Lonely Ones – Real Big Trouble https://www.facebook.com/thelonelyonesband
Carmel Liburdi – Like The Dead https://www.facebook.com/carmelliburdimusic
The Prime Eights – Vitamin D https://www.facebook.com/theprimeeights
The Chinchillionaires – Denim Jean Jesus https://www.facebook.com/The-Chinchillionaires-944611018964168
The Rumours – Want Ya https://www.facebook.com/therumoursband13

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