Editor’s Note: This week, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, will mark the 100-year anniversary of the race massacre that killed as many as 300 residents of Greenwood, the city’s affluent Black district, and left 35 square blocks in ruins.
For decades, few people apart from aging survivors knew much about the event, and just two or three years ago it remained obscure to most Americans. Now Americans in Tulsa and across the country are participating in scores of commemorative events, including those organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In the links below, you’ll find stories from Smithsonian magazine that examine the Tulsa Race Massacre from numerous angles, including articles detailing the unusual egalitarianism, and ultimate tragedy, of pre-statehood Oklahoma, the rise of Greenwood, how artifacts from the event came to the Smithsonian, and more. We encourage you to take a moment to remember this American tragedy, which was unrecognized for so long.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tulsa-race-massacre-century-later-180977145/
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