Tulsa Race Riot - Key Facts:

This made Tulsa blacks fearful that a black inmate would not be safe. Race Riot Details. Greenwood was a thriving black neighborhood in Tulsa. On May 30, 1921, a young boot-black named Dick Rowland went to the Drexel building. His purpose--to use the restrooms on the top floor. The elevator operator, a white girl named Sarah Page, was about 17 ... ................
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