Black Wall Street "Tulsa Oklahoma 1921" pt 4 of 12

In 1921, Tulsa was considered the "Oil Capital of the World," and the black community was among the most prosperous in the nation. The Greenwood section of town was known both as "Little Africa" and as "The Black Wall Street."

The film does an excellent job of concisely laying out the various conditions that set the stage for the riot, from the return of unemployed (and heavily armed) veterans from WWI to the popularity of the film "Birth of a Nation" and the growth of the Ku Klux Klan.

The catalyst for the violence was a misunderstood incident where a black man named Dick Rowland accidentally fell onto a white female elevator operator, who screamed for help. As historian Don J. Guy points out, though, this wasn't the real incident -- that occurred at the local newspaper, The Tulsa Tribune, which published an afternoon article distorting the event and calling for a lynching. By that evening, crowds of white men were gathered at the jail seeking blood, and violence soon broke out between them and a much smaller group of blacks.

Supposedly to keep the public order, the sheriff began deputizing any white citizen who wanted to join the police force, and soon hundreds of Klansmen, now representing the law, began organizing what, in the words of historian and retired General Ed Wheeler, was effectively a military operation.

By the next day, over 300 blacks had been killed, over 1,200 homes had been burned, and the surviving African-American population of Tulsa was forced into confinement. Those who were vouched for by whites were released, but made to wear ribbons that immediately bring to mind the later yellow stars used by the Nazis to mark the Jews.

The newspapers continued to refashion the incident, and all copies of the initial incendiary article disappeared. The city council passed laws that effectively made it impossible for the black community to rebuild, and a tent city was created to house the impoverished homeless population.

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[bigdeneen]

who the hell dropped the bombs?

[TheSimpleTheTruth2]

@bigdeneen The white members of the civil air patrol. There were many KKK followers in many local government positions. From the Sheriffs office to the local FBI branches and so on........hence why this situation was bound to happen and constantly be repeated.

[iam7who7iam7]

America Home of the Free/Brave??? More like Home of the Barbaric COWARDS.

[monkhillier]

Is this not proof that Black people everywhere should be armed and ready to rock should the situation arise.

It should be our mantra to study upto Phd-level in the sciences and enginneering disciplines by the age of 18 years old. We MUST hothouse our children.

Then if we need to weaponize quickly, we have the expertise in our communities to do so.

The key critical factor in Tulsa is that white people had guns and Black people did not.

If we did, this atrocity would not have happened.

[midnitedawn]

@monkhillier you are right!

[MrMrbobblehead]

i m sorry but i do beleive the blacks are the real hebrews

[NYDASH28]

@moroccopink Not only black ppl they have committed these unspeakable acts, now do any of u understand why there are other groups around the world wants to kill them? U ever hear they say they are going to destroy Americans, they did not say black americans they said AMERICANS since white america love to call themselves that but everyone else have to have a title infront of the word American. Fuck them they deserve every karma they get,

[NYDASH28]

Can someone direct me to a link that has the audio for this pt4?

[NYDASH28]

Is it me or did youtube censor the audio? Well anything to prevent the truth from coming out right? the shit is so obvious.

[bigdeneen]

damm , white folks in OK were doing some vicious shit.... I am never going to tulsa..

[TheFlutevisions]

Machine guns, airplanes , bombs , the state of Oklahoma declare war on the city of Tulsa. I will never forget are brave ancestors, who fought and died protecting there families. There are those who say, get over it, that happen a long time ago.

Tell that to the so call Jews that suffered under the Nazi regime.