One of the most gruesome events happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June of 1921 ,when a race riot instituted throughout a successful black community. A race riot can be described as a racial conflict usually between blacks and whites,these riots includes: destruction of property, fights and sometimes even deaths. Riots came about after World War II when the great migration began.In 1916-1918 blacks decided to migrate north to receive better job opportunities and living conditiions.Blacks came to Tulsa, Oklahoma because it was best known for their oil industry. This gave blacks a sense of hope for better paid job and better work conditions.Tulsa was turned into the town of opportunities and blacks loved it. Several hundred African Americans moved
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Towards the end of the night it was reported that Dick Rowland had raped Sarah Page. Once law enforcement hear about Rowland false actions ,they took him to the Tulsa Courthouse were he remained for hours.At nine p.m,there were hundreds of whites gathered outside the Tulsa County Courthouse, demanding that the authorities hand over Dick Rowland, but the sheriff refused. The following hour, it was reports of the dire conditions downtown reached Greenwood, a group of approximately twenty-five armed African American men, many of them World War I veterans, went down to the courthouse and offered their services to the authorities to help protect Rowland. The sheriff, however, turned them down, and the men returned to Greenwood.Once the black Tulsans were sent home, an hour later it was rumor that white where stroming in the courthouse. “This time, a second contingent of African American men, perhaps seventy-five in number, went back to the courthouse and offered their services to the authorities. Once
Towards the end of the night it was reported that Dick Rowland had raped Sarah Page. Once law enforcement hear about Rowland false actions ,they took him to the Tulsa Courthouse were he remained for hours.At nine p.m,there were hundreds of whites gathered outside the Tulsa County Courthouse, demanding that the authorities hand over Dick Rowland, but the sheriff refused. The following hour, it was reports of the dire conditions downtown reached Greenwood, a group of approximately twenty-five armed African American men, many of them World War I veterans, went down to the courthouse and offered their services to the authorities to help protect Rowland. The sheriff, however, turned them down, and the men returned to Greenwood.Once the black Tulsans were sent home, an hour later it was rumor that white where stroming in the courthouse. “This time, a second contingent of African American men, perhaps seventy-five in number, went back to the courthouse and offered their services to the authorities. Once