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Tulsa race massacre — the full case file

SOLVEDGreenwood District, Tulsa, Oklahoma2:3022 August 2026

Over two days in 1921, white mobs, including men deputized by city officials, attacked the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma — then one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States — burning more than 35 blocks, killing dozens by official count, and displacing thousands.

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