Conversations on Race - ...not only Tulsa

Conversations on Race

...not only Tulsa

No one should be under the impression that the burning of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa a century ago was a one-off atrocity. In fact, it was part of a long and shameful pattern in which White mobs used murderous violence to erase African American prosperity.

- - Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post, May 31, 2021

Tulsa isn’t the only race massacre you were never taught in school. Here are others. "Pick a massacre and research it," artist and activist Common tweeted Sunday. Here's where to start.

The Washington Post, June 1, 2021, article identifies some of the many erased or distorted events in the history of this country's treatment of Black people. Click on the picture at left to directly access the article. Below is a PDF which, unfortunately, does not include the illustrations. One of the interesting ones is a map shared on Twitter by Common (below the article).

Tulsa isn’t the only race massacre you were never taught in school. Here are others. - The Washington Post.pdf

More information on just a few of these events ...

The Deadliest Massacre in Reconstruction-Era Louisiana Happened 150 Years AgoIn September 1868, Southern white Democrats hunted down around 200 African-Americans in an effort to suppress voter turnout

‘The War of Races’: How a hateful ideology echoes through American historyFrom slavery to Reconstruction to Dylann Roof, the idea of "race war" has a long and bloody legacy in the United States.

The Coup Attempt That Didn’t FailThe Wilmington Massacre of 1898, America’s only successful coup d’etat, has eery parallels to the 1/6 attack on the Capital

Three from the 19th century:

Opelousas LA 1868

Colfax LA 1873

Wilmington NC 1898

Atlanta Race Riot of 1906During the Atlanta race riot that occurred September 22-24, 1906, white mobs killed dozens of Black Georgians, wounded scores of others, and inflicted considerable property damage. Local newspaper rep

Atlanta GA 1906

Remembering The Slocum MassacreAcknowledging the past is just the first step for this small town.

Slocum TX 1910

Red Summer: When Racist Mobs Ruled | American Experience | PBSHow a pandemic of racial terror led to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

"Red Summer"

The East St. Louis Race Riot Left Dozens Dead, Devastating a Community on the RiseThree days of violence forced African-American families to run for their lives and the aftereffects are still felt in the Illinois city today

East St. Louis IL 1917

The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice SystemWhite Arkansans, fearful of what would happen if African-Americans organized, took violent action, but it was the victims who ended up standing trial

Elaine AR 1919

Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | Summary, History, & FactsChicago Race Riot of 1919, most severe of approximately 25 race riots throughout the U.S. in the ‘Red Summer’ following World War I; a manifestation of racial frictions intensified by Black migration to the North, industrial labor competition, urban overcrowding, and greater militancy among Black war veterans.

Chicago IL 1919

A White mob unleashed the worst Election Day violence in U.S. history in Florida a century agoIn the small town of Ocoee, Fla., a racist mob went on a rampage after a Black man tried to cast his ballot on Nov. 2, 1920. It was a massacre all but forgotten for decades.

Ocoee FL 1920

Rosewood Massacre (1923) •On January 1, 1923, a massacre was carried out in the small, predominantly black town of Rosewood in central Florida. The massacre was instigated by the rumor that a white woman, Fanny Taylor, had been sexually assaulted by a black man in her home in … Read MoreRosewood Massacre (1923)

Rosewood FL 1923

There are many more...

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