“The MASSACRE They Tried to ERASE: The 1921 Tulsa Greenwood RACE RIOT” #WeirdDarkness

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In 1921, the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was turned to ashes in one of the deadliest and most deliberately buried acts of racial violence in American history.
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IN THIS EPISODE: Greenwood Avenue featured luxury shops, restaurants, movie theaters, a library, pool halls and nightclubs… until late May and early June of 1921. Then a brutal race riot took place in this suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Which is tragically ironic, watching the news and seeing what is happening all over the USA today. You could almost think that nothing has changed. We’ll look at what happened in Greenwood, Oklahoma over 100 years ago.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open
00:01:59.809 = Before The Tragedy
00:09:53.027 = The Greenwood Massacre
00:18:05.649 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Episode Page at WeirdDarkness.com: https://weirddarkness.com/Greenwood
BOOK: “Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District” by Hannibal Johnson: https://amzn.to/2ABwQ69
“The Greenwood Race Massacre” from Alexis Clark: https://tinyurl.com/qkb6cs7, and the editors at History.com:https://tinyurl.com/yxpzw2cc
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Originally aired: June 02, 2020
TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/57a2u744