This is a MUST read: Black Wall Street on June 1, 1921 [View all]

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What happened to Black Wall Street on June 1, 1921?

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It was the worst race riot in the history of the United States; however, most people have never heard of it. Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921, in less than 24 hours the prosperous African-American section of Greenwood, also known as “Black Wall Street,” was completely destroyed. An estimated 300 were killed and over 10,000 people displaced, as a 42 square block area of their homes and businesses were burned to the ground by a white mob that had been deputized by the sheriff.
This documentary is the story of the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and their quest for justice. There are only 45 survivors still alive today.
This is a story about the struggle for the soul of America and efforts to right a wrong that is long past due.

http://www.beforetheydiemovie.com/

Found on the Obama Diary
This is a MUST read because this is what hate looks like and this is what we must fight against everyday.
http://theobamadiary.com/


So determined were whites in Tulsa to wipe out all evidence of Blacks’ prosperity and achievement despite impossible odds, they used airplanes to firebomb Black Wall Street from the air.

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The night’s carnage left some 3,000 African Americans dead and over 600 successful businesses lost. Among these were 21 churches, 21 restaurants, 30 grocery stores and two movie theaters, plus a hospital, a bank, a post office, libraries, schools, law offices, a half dozen private airplanes and even a bus system. As could have been expected, the impetus behind it all was the infamous Ku Klux Klan, working in consort with ranking city officials and many other sympathizers.


Black America’s most prosperous community, Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, went up in flames June 1, 1921, in the KKK-led Tulsa Race Riot. According to Wikipedia, “During the 16 hours of the assault, over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, an estimated 10,000 were left homeless, and 35 city blocks composed of 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire caused by bombing.”
The best description of Black Wall Street, or Little Africa as it was also known, would be to compare it to a mini Beverly Hills. It was the golden door of the Black community during the early 1900s, and it proved that African Americans could create a successful infrastructure. That’s what Black Wall Street was all about.

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A lot of White folks had come back from World War I and they were poor. When they looked over into the Black communities and realized that Black men who fought in the war had come home heroes, that helped trigger the destruction. It cost the Black community everything, and not a single dime of restitution – no insurance claims – has been awarded the victims to this day. Nonetheless, they rebuilt.

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Oklahoma had been set aside as an Indian and Black State.That however, did not save them from the jealousy and hate that was to follow. It was a blight on America's soul.

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The state motto of Oklahoma is "Labour Conquers All Things" (Labor Omnia Vincit in Latin).
The Oklahoma state motto was adopted in 1907 but the inspiration for the Latin motto itself dates back 2000 years to Virgil, a Roman poet.

In his book "Georgics", Virgil wrote the inspiration for the Oklahoma motto "Labor omnia uicit improbus" meaning Uphill work overcomes all things.

In his work, Virgil was describing how to make agriculture grow in a "Back to the Land" policy introduced by Augustus Caesar. The goal was to inspire more Romans to engage in farming and agriculture.

Other mottos and slogans of Oklahoma:

Oklahoma is OK
Native America