Dick Rowland, a young black man, was on an elevator and its white operator, Sarah Page, screamed. It’s unclear what happened, but Rowland fled. Police arrested him the next day, and rumors spread throughout the white community. A newspaper claimed Rowland raped Page. /2 - ThreadSky

bambooshooti.bsky.social • 30 days ago

Dick Rowland, a young black man, was on an elevator and its white operator, Sarah Page, screamed. It’s unclear what happened, but Rowland fled. Police arrested him the next day, and rumors spread throughout the white community. A newspaper claimed Rowland raped Page. /2

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bambooshooti.bsky.social•30 days ago

A white mob gathered seeking to lynch Rowland. About 75 Black men arrived on the scene, some carrying weapons. When a white man tried to disarm a Black WWI veteran, chaos ensued. Thousands of whites poured into the Greenwood District, referred to then as Black Wall Street. /3

weareallstardust.bsky.social•29 days ago

Boringly white mob (trash).

bambooshooti.bsky.social•30 days ago

The white rioters burned some 35 city blocks and shot unarmed Black citizens. As many as 300 people were killed. By the time the National Guard arrived, the Greenwood District lay in ruins. The white community resented the Greenwood District, contributing to the massacre. /4

bambooshooti.bsky.social•30 days ago

Survivors worked to rebuild the Greenwood District, but it never returned to its former status. For decades, the massacre was misrepresented as a race riot and the white community barely acknowledged that it took place. /end

californiaacti2.bsky.social•29 days ago

Of course the white people didn’t acknowledge the massacre. Their descendants still ignore that it happened 🤬 Certainly don’t want their children learning about it

bambooshooti.bsky.social•30 days ago

Side note: Tulsa’s Greenwood District is an historic “freedmen’s town” or “freedom colony,” a community built by formerly enslaved people. While these communities were established in a number of states, many are in Texas, with Houston’s Fourth Ward a notable example.