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Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, white mobs destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses in Greenwood forcing Black families like Dr. Olivia J. Hookers' to relocate to safer territory. 
They set fire to schools, churches, libraries, and movie theaters, and leveled entire city blocks.
The late Dr. Olivia J. Hooker, who was only six years old at the time, witnessed them tear down items in her home, as well as the complete destruction of her father’s clothing business.
They later moved to Topeka, Kansas to start anew.
They later moved to Topeka, Kansas to start anew.
Today, it’s abundantly clear that in the 100 years that have passed since the #1921TulsaRaceMassacre, there has never been real investment in Tulsa's Black community. #ReparationsNow #JusticeForGreenwood
#ReparationsNow is an urgent matter. Until we obtain reparatory justice in the form of respect, repair and restitution, economic disparities will persist.
Help us fight back against the 100 years of continued harm and TAKE ACTION!👇🏿
Help us fight back against the 100 years of continued harm and TAKE ACTION!👇🏿
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Donate directly to survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre:
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By May 30, 1921, Black Tulsans had built their own “Wall Street”—a vibrant, peaceful, and extraordinarily prosperous community located in the neighborhood district known as Greenwood.
the Greenwood neighborhood was home to more than 10,000 African Americans as well as hundreds of thriving Black-owned businesses and organizations. Running north out of the downtown commercial district and shaped, more or less, like an elongated jigsaw
puzzle piece, Greenwood was bordered by the Frisco railroad yards to the south, by Lansing Street and the Midland Valley tracks to the east, and by Stand Pipe and Sunset Hills to the west. Greenwood was bordered by the Frisco railroad yards to the south, by Lansing Street and the
